Ambition Quote by Quintilian

Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.

— Anonymous

Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.

— Anonymous

Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.

— Quintilian

Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.

— Quintilian

Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.

— Quintilian

There is scarce any passion so heartily decried by moralists and satirists, as AMBITION; and yet, methinks, ambition is not a vice but in…

— Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

Virtue consists in avoiding vice, and is the highest wisdom. [Lat., Virtus est vitium fugere, et sapientia prima.]

— Horace

Ambition is a gilded misery, a secret poison, a hidden plague, the engineer of deceit, the mother of hypocrisy, the parent of envy, the…

— Thomas Brooks

Ambition is a priceless trait, it is grown and cultured in each and every individual that it lies in, and in some it grows…

— Anonymous

Ambition is the subtlest beast of the intellectual and moral field. It is wonderfully adroit in concealing itself from its owner.

— John Adams

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.

— Walter Scott

Virtues are often conquered by vices, but their rout is most complete when it is inflicted by other virtues, more militant, more efficient, or…

— R. H. Tawney