Aim at the sun and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if you read more

Aim at the sun and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if you had aimed at an object on a level with yourself.

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

Ambition has no rest!

Ambition has no rest!

I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it read more

I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go.

Big results require big ambitions.

Big results require big ambitions.

Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.

Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, read more

I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?"

On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!

On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!