Ambitious

Famous quotes containing the word ambitious:

“Guildenstern. The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
Hamlet. A dream itself is but a shadow.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“And the ambitious vine
Crowns with his purple mass
The cedar reaching high
To kiss the sky,
The cypress, pine,
And useful sassafras.”
—Michael Drayton (1563–1631)

“A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.”
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)