Four quotes about ambition

These have all helped me at various times.

Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.

Khalil Gibran

Don’t undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.

Edwin Land

A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be.

Steven Brust

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