Very few people are ambitious in the sense of having a specific image of what they want to achieve. Most peoples sights are only toward the next run, the next increment of money. – Judith M. Bardwick

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

As falls the dew on quenchless sands, blood only serves to wash ambitions hands. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron