All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.
More quotes by Henry Ward Beecher
No man is such a conqueror, as the one that has defeated himself.
Henry Ward Beecher · DisciplineDefeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.
Henry Ward Beecher · DefeatTroubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
Henry Ward Beecher · DifficultiesKeep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of your friends.
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More quotes about Ambition
Ambition -- it is the last infirmity of noble minds.
Sir James M. Barrie · AmbitionWhat I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.
Robert Browning · Ambition'Tis not what man does which exalts him, but what man Would do!
Robert Browning · AmbitionAh, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?
Robert Browning · Ambition