AMBITION

Ambition breaks the ties of blood,
and forgets the obligations of gratitude. ……. Sallust

Most people would succeed in small things
if they were not troubled with great Ambitions. ……Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable. …….Joseph Joubert

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast,
That however high we reach we are never satisfied. …….Niccolo Machiavelli

Beware Ambition; heaven is not reached with pride,
but with submission. …….Thomas Middleton

Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back …….Ben Johnson

Without Ambition one starts nothing.
Without work one finishes nothing.
The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. …….Ralph Waldo Emerson

For where you have envy and selfish Ambition,
there you find disorder and every evil practice ……James 3:14

Ambition is the germ from which;
All growth of nobleness proceeds. ……Ralph Waldo Emmerson

Great Ambition is the passion of a great character.
Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts.
All depends on the principals which direct them. …….Napoleon Bonaparte

Ambition breaks the ties of blood,
and forgets the obligation of gratitude. ……Sir Walter Scott

Most people would succeed in small things;
If they were not troubled with great Ambitions. ……Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme;
to be sublimely great or to be nothing. ……..Robert Southey

To be Ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfectionof our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue. …..Sir Philip Sidney

Though Ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue. ……Edgar Quinet

Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness. ……Publilius Syrus

Though Ambition itself be a vice,
yet it is often times the cause of virtues. …….. Quintilian