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A life spent
in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a
fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward.
-- George Jean Nathan
1882-1958, American Critic
Ambition is a
lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and
madder by enjoyment.
-- Thomas Otway
1652-1685, British Dramatist
The tallest
trees are most in the power of the winds, and ambitious men
of the blasts of fortune.
-- William Penn
1644-1718, British Religious
Leader, Founder of Pennsylvania
Men would be
angels, angels would be gods.
-- Alexander Pope
1688-1744, British Poet,
Critic, Translator
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When ambition
ends, happiness begins.
-- Hungarian Proverb
Sayings of Hungarian Origin
Hasty climbers
have sudden falls.
-- Italian Proverb
Sayings of Italian Origin
Though
ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of
virtue.
-- Edgar Quinet
1803-1875, French Poet,
Historian, Politician
I had no
ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been
my goal, I had an ambition to build.
-- John D. Rockefeller
1839-1937, American
Industrialist, Philanthropist, Founder Exxon
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