Ambition Quote by Fernando Pessoa

“An inchoate mass of ambition, Julius knew that he had soon, soon to find something to be ambitious for; otherwise, he risked terminal resentment,…

— Claire Messud

“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him; The evil that men do lives after them,…

— William Shakespeare

“Rome would never have need of a dictator if she had such men in office, men so united in heart, as ready to obey…

— Livy

Rome had Caesar, a man of remarkable governing talents, although it must be said that a ruler who arouses opponents to resort to assassination…

— Barbara Tuchman

“Julius Caesar’s overthrow of the Roman Senate and Republic as an illustration of how important it is to make sure no one person is…

— Ray Dalio

“The ambition of Caesar and of Napoleon pales before that which could not rest until it had seized the minds of men and controlled…

— Robert W. Chambers

It is observed by Cicero, that men of the greatest and most shining parts are most actuated by ambition.

— Joseph Addison

“Caesar's messengers didn't go round the world saying, 'Caesar is lord, so if you feel you need to have a Roman-empire kind of experience,…

— N. T. Wright

Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom…

— Quintus Tullius Cicero

“His ambition was not to become wealthy or to be well known, an image which society for some reason dictates each individual should prescribe…

— Andrew James Pritchard

“Achievement was worth of praise and honor, but excessive achievement was pernicious and a threat to the state. However great a citizen might become,…

— Tom Holland

“Great ambition without contribution is without significance. The Emperor's Club”

— Steve William Laible