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

He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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

We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men who have crossed bridges in their imagination far ahead of the crowd. – Anon.