Ambition Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

Moderation is represented as a virtue in order to restrain the ambition of great men, and to console those of a meaner condition in…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Moderation is a fear of falling into that envy and contempt which those who grow giddy with their good fortune quite justly draw upon…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Moderation is caused by the fear of exciting the envy and contempt which those merit who are intoxicated with their good fortune; it is…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Moderation cannot have the credit of combatiug and subduing ambition, they are never found together. Moderation is the languor and indolence of the soul,…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

— Henry A. Kissinger

In my opinion, moderation is a vastly overrated virtue, particularly when applied to work

— Barbara Taylor Bradford

“Virtue lies in moderation”

— Aristotle

The moderation of men in the most exalted fortunes is a desire to be thought above those things that have raised them so high.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“If I could put it into a very few words, dear sir, I should say that our prevalent belief is in moderation. We inculcate…

— James Hilton

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

— Francois Fenelon

That, however, is - mediocrity, though it be called moderation.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Moderation: a median with no means, praised by those with no misfortunes, practiced by those with no merits.”

— Bauvard