Ambition Quote by Tom Rachman

All that is great in man comes through work; and civilization is its product.

— Samuel Smiles

No healthy civilization can ever be reared on a foundation of devitalized work.

— William Ralph Inge

“The material creation was made by God to be developed, cultivated, and cared for in an endless number of ways through human labor. But…

— Timothy Keller

The origin of civilization is man's determination to do nothing for himself which he can get done for him.

— H. C. Bailey

Meantime, when once we know from nothing still Nothing can be create, we shall divine More clearly what we seek: those elements From which…

— Lucretius

“Only when people are free to worship, create, and build, only when they can decide their destiny and benefit from their own risks—only then…

— Paul Kengor

Material civilization, nay, even luxury, is necessary to create work for the poor. Bread! Bread! I do not believe in a God who cannot…

— Bill Vaughan

Creation of something out of nothing is the most primitive of human passions and the most optimistic

— Christina Stead

Civilization has run on ahead of the soul of man, and is producing faster than he can think and give thanks.

— Anonymous

The foundation of all civilization is loitering.

— Jean Renoir

Civilization is an enormous improvement on the lack thereof.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Civilization is not by means an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by which man can reach it. One is…

— Oscar Wilde