William Hazlitt Quotes about Ambition

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Those people who are uncomfortable in themselves are disagreeable to others.

Those people who are uncomfortable in themselves are disagreeable to others.

William Hazlitt

Inspirational, Integrity, Ambition

William Hazlitt (1839). “Sketches and Essays”, p.153

The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it is the ambition to attain the highest excellence, sanctioned by the highest authority, that of time.

William Hazlitt

Love, Ambition, Names

William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.269, Delphi Classics

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

William Hazlitt

Ambition, Incentives

William Hazlitt (1845). “Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners”

Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets. We attempt nothing great but from a sense of the difficulties we have to encounter, we persevere in nothing great but from a pride in overcoming them.

William Hazlitt

Perseverance, Passion, Ambition

William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.62