Ambition Quote by John Locke

It is ambition enough to be employed as an under-labourer in clearing the ground a little, and removing some of the rubbish that lies…

— John Locke

“Those who work, knows the strength of labour.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“The work is plentiful but the labours are few.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Of what use can our labour be, when the labours we record are in themselves entirely useless?”

— Henry Dircks

“But any acquisition that doesn't correspond to the labour expended is dishonest”

— Tolstoy

“The idea is to be detached from the fruits of our labors, which means that we do things simply for the act of doing…

— Suzanne Morrison

“Sometimes, being lazy is much favourable than labouring without a purpose.”

— Vishal Ostwal

“No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”

— Martin Luther King Jr

“Whenever he had spoilt a piece of work he always set himself below the meanest labourer who had at least brawn enough to do…

— Émile Zola

“Whoever works knows the grace of labour of life.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“There is no competition in work. Whoever loves to labour does so as grace of life.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Such is the supreme folly of man that he labours so as to labour no more.

— Leonardo da Vinci