The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as the

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes. – Jean De La Bruyere

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Children, you must remember something. A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive. – Pearl Bailey

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All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Ambition is not what man does… but what man would do. – Robert Browning

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The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves. – Herbert N. Casson

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