Ambition Quote by John Webster

The vain man makes a merit of misfortune, and triumphs in his disgrace.

— William Hazlitt

Vain are the thousand creeds That move men's hearts, unutterably vain; Worthless as withered weeds, Or idlest froth amid the boundless main.

— Emily Bronte

Vain are the beliefs and teachings that make man miserable, and false is the goodness that leads him into sorrow and despair, for it…

— Khalil Gibran

During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of…

— Anonymous

A nobleness to try for, A name to live and die for.

— George Parsons Lathrop

Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes and lords may flourish or may fade,- A…

— Oliver Goldsmith

No reliance can be placed on the friendship of kings, nor vain hope put in the melodious voice of boys; for that passes away…

— Saadi

Vain are the beliefs and teachings that make man miserable, and false is the goodness that leads him into sorrow and despair, for it…

— Anonymous

A king is he who has laid fear aside and the base longings of an evil heart; whom ambition unrestrained and the fickle favor…

— Seneca the Younger

The look of a king is itself a deed.

— Jean Paul

“Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness of death, From the…

— William Knox

Tis the old secret of the gods that they come in low disguises. 'Tis the vulgar great who come dizened with gold and jewels.…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson