Ambition Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself.…

— Marcus Aurelius

Man believes himself always greater than he is, and is esteemed less than he is worth.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The noble type of man feels himself to be the determiner of values, he does not need to be approved of, he judges 'what…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The noble man honours in himself the powerful one, him also who has power over himself, who knows how to speak and how to…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some qualities, superior, either in kind or degree, to those…

— Samuel Johnson

A man should demand much from himself, but little from others. When you meet a man of worth, think how you may attain to…

— Confucius

The gentleman is generous and treats all men as his equals, especially those whom he feels to be inferior in rank and wealth.

— Hilaire Belloc

The noble person uses things; the lesser man is used by things.

— Xunzi

The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does the reverse. . .…

— Confucius

“And so the good man ought to be Self-loving: because by doing what is noble he will have advantage himself and will do good…

— Aristotle