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No steps backward.
[Lat., Vestigia nulla retrorsum.]
No steps backward.
[Lat., Vestigia nulla retrorsum.]
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.
I see, but cannot reach, the height
That lies forever in the light.
I see, but cannot reach, the height
That lies forever in the light.
For all may have,
If they dare to try, a glorious life, or grave.
For all may have,
If they dare to try, a glorious life, or grave.
When ambition ends, happiness begins.
When ambition ends, happiness begins.
At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my read more
At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.
They please, are pleas'd, they give to get esteem
Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem.
They please, are pleas'd, they give to get esteem
Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem.
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not
troubled with great ambitions.
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not
troubled with great ambitions.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the read more
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
