Ambitious Quote by Anonymous

The greater success a man has made, the more he fears a climb down.

— Lin Yutang

It's the climbing that makes the man. Getting to the top is an extra reward.

— Robert Lipsyte

Men become utilitarian out of fear of the alternative the chaos of tangled or tepid desires, of rootlessness and boredom.

— John Carroll

Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping.

— Jonathan Swift

Nothing is too high for a man to reach, but he must climb with care and confidence

— Hans Christian Andersen

A man must make of his life a ladder that he never ceases to climb -- if you're not rising, you are slipping down…

— John Shirley

The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.

— Herbert Spencer

Climbing is unadulterated hard labor. The only real pleasure is the satisfaction of going where no man has been before and where few can…

— Annie Smith Peck

Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.

— A. C. Benson

Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.

— Anonymous

Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.

— Dan Brown

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

— Arthur Schopenhauer