Ambition Quote by Leonardo da Vinci

“What a person has is of no consequence, whether much or little, when it comes to the deep satisfaction of the soul. Apart from…

— Kelly Minter

“This is the manner of noble souls: they do not want to have anything for nothing; least of all, life. Whoever is of the…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Life for most people compels the exercise of the lower gifts and wastes the precious ones, until it forces us to agree that there…

— Virginia Woolf

“All the happiness and virtue in this world come from selflessness and generosity, all the sorrow from egotism, selfishness, and greed.”

— Lama Surya Das

“As for life therefore, and death, honour and dishonour, labour and pleasure, riches and poverty, all these things happen unto men indeed, both good…

— Marcus Aurelius

“To live a life satisfied, blessed and in bliss with Him, is to be the representation of the salvation that we offer to the…

— Eric Gimour

“life itself is a form of suffering. The rich suffer because of their riches. The poor suffer because of their poverty. People without a…

— Mark Manson

“We can be enthused by—yes, that’s right, enthused—by the noblest of ideals, but only on condition that we don’t have to expend any effort,…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“They strive to attain their wishes by every available means, instructing and compelling themselves to dishonest and difficult acts. And when their labour is…

— Seneca

We must cast away everything which hinders us upon our road towards heaven – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye…

— J. C. Ryle

“Now he understood that a man never knows for whom he suffers and hopes. He suffers and hopes and toils for people he will…

— Alejo Carpentier

“It results from the preceding considerations, that there is in reality nothing desired except happiness. Whatever is desired otherwise than as a means to…

— John Stuart Mill