“Fortune is said to be blind, but her favorites never are. Ambition has the eye of the eagle, prudence that of the lynx; the first looks through the air, the last along the ground.” FirstsLooksSaidEyeLastsAirAmbitionBlindFortuneProsperityPrudenceEagles Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Ambition, like a torrent, ne'er looks back; And is a swelling, and the last affection A high mind can put off; being both a rebel Unto the soul and reason, and enforceth All laws, all conscience, treads upon religion, and offereth violence to nature's self.” MindLooksSoulSelfReasonLastsLawViolenceAmbitionConscienceAffectionRebelSwelling Book:The Works of Ben Jonson...: With Notes Critical and Explanatory, and a Biographical Memoir Source: The Works of Ben Jonson...: With Notes Critical and Explanatory, and a Biographical Memoir
“My ambition is to construct a painting so that the whole of its surface is alive, however I look at it. Each mark, and the interval between each mark must give something back on its own terms.” GivingLooksWholeTermAlivePaintingAmbitionMarkSurfaceConstructsIntervalsMy Ambition Author:Andrew Forge