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— John Quincy Adams"The gigantic intellect, the envious temper, the ravenous ambition and the rotten heart of Daniel Webster."
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A simple problem of arithmetic: there are far more ambitions than there are grand destinies available.
— Alain de Botton
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Every time I tried to express my most heartfelt desires to be morally good I met with contempt and ridicule; and as soon as I would give in to vile passions I was praised and encouraged. Ambition, love of power, self-interest, lechery, pride, anger, vengeance-all of it was highly esteemed.
— Leo Tolstoy
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