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A man without ambition is worse than dough that has no yeast in it to raise it.

A man without ambition is worse than dough that has no yeast in it to raise it.

Henry Ward Beecher
Ambition, Men, Yeast
Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself, and a mean man, by one lower than himself.

Henry Ward Beecher
Ambition, Mean, Men
Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.77

God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas.

Henry Ward Beecher
Motivation, War, Ambition

An ambition which has conscience in it will always be a laborious and faithful engineer, and will build the road, and bridge the chasms between itself and eminent success by the most faithful and minute performances of duty.

Henry Ward Beecher
Ambition, Bridges, Faithful
Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.64

Ambition is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

Henry Ward Beecher
Ambition, Men, Noble Man
Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.77

A man without ambition is like a beautiful worm - it can creep, but it cannot fly.

Henry Ward Beecher
Beautiful, Ambition, Men

Your honors here may serve you for a time, as it were for an hour, but they will be of no use to you beyond this world. Nobody will have heard a word of your honors in the other life. Your glory, your shame, your ambitions, and all the treasures for which you push hard and sacrifice much will be like wreaths of smoke. For these things, which you mostly seek, and for which you spend your life only tarry with you while you are on this side of the flood.

Henry Ward Beecher
Ambition, Sacrifice, Honor

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