Ambition Quote by Henry Fielding

“All men have been created to carry forward an ever-advancing civilization. The Almighty beareth Me witness: To act like the beasts of the field…

— Baha'u'llah

“But we ever find, that even those who have not been deficient in their zeal for piety, nor in reverence and sobriety in handling…

— John Calvin

He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather incur peril than preservation; for…

— Walter Raleigh

“Men are seldom helpless against their own evil wishes, and in their souls they know it. But common men love flattery not less than…

— Mary Renault

“Nothing splendid has ever been achived except by those who dare belive that something inside of them was superior to circumstance”

— Bruce Barton

The praise of free men is worth having, for it is the only praise which is free from either servility or condescension.

— Bernard Crick

“In the case of everything that belongs to the realm of sentiment, religion, politics, morality, the affections, and antipathies, etc. The most eminent men…

— Gustave Le Bon

“Mankind ought constantly to be striving to produce Great Men --this and nothing else is its duty”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“men who so uneasily tolerate superiors patiently suffer a master, and show themselves proud and servile at the same time.”

— Tocqueville de

“They praised his modesty and did not listen to him, for listening is a rare gift, and men will have their heroes.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Nobody deserves to be praised for goodness unless he is strong enough to be bad.”

— François de La Rochefoucauld