Aim and Ambition Quotes

Aim :

An aim in life is the only fortune worth.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

There are two things to aim at in life : first to get what
you want; and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of
mankind achieve the second.
- Logan Pearsall Smith



One who thinks in terms of silver, cannot act in terms
of gold.
- Henry G. Weaver

What is to be ended must be ended in this life.
- R.N. Tagore

Ambition :

All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward
on the miseries or credulities of mankind.
- Joseph Conrad : A Personal Record

Peace begins where ambition ends.
- Rev. Edmund Young

I had Ambition, by which sin the angels fell;
I climbed and, step by step, O Lord,
Ascended into Hell.
- W.H. Davies : Ambition

Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
- John Milton : Paradise Lost

If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.
- Syrus

Keen ambition banishes pleasure, from youth onwards,
and reigns alone.
- Vauvenargues

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
- Theodore Roosevelt

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.
- William Blake