Ambition Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and…

— Benjamin Disraeli

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 means prevention. Prevention means achieving much virtue.

— Laozi

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

— Henry A. Kissinger

“Virtue lies in moderation”

— Aristotle

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

— Barbara Taylor Bradford

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

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

— Bauvard

Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character....

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas. Tolerant like the sky, all-pervading like sunlight, firm like a mountain, supple…

— Laozi