William Shakespeare Quotes About Ambition

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  • Dreams, indeed, are ambition; for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. And I hold ambition of so airy and light a quality that it is but a shadow's shadow.

    William Shakespeare (2001). “Hamlet”, p.155, Classic Books Company
  • When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man.

    Men  
    'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [97]
  • But 'tis common proof, that lowliness is young ambition's ladder, whereto the climber-upward turns his face; but when he once attains the upmost round, he then turns his back, looks in the clouds, scorning the vase defrees by which he did ascend.

    'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 1, l. 21
  • Pride went before, ambition follows him.

    William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.175
  • Who soars too near the sun, with golden wings, melts them.

    William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Isaac Reed, William Hazlitt (1852). “The Works of William Shakspeare”, p.190
  • Flesh and blood, You, brother mine, that entertain'd ambition, Expell'd remorse and nature, who, with Sebastian- Whose inward pinches therefore are most strong- Would here have kill'd your king, I do forgive thee, Unnatural though thou art.

    Art   Strong   Brother  
    William Shakespeare (1867). “The Works of William Shakespeare”, p.18
  • Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars That make ambition virtue! O, farewell! Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, th' ear-piercing fife, The royal banner, and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war!

    War  
    'Othello' (1602-4) act 3, sc. 3, l. 346
  • Thriftless ambition, that wilt ravin up Thine own life's means!

    William Shakespeare (2001). “The Tragedy of Macbeth”, p.131, Classic Books Company
  • Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great; Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it: what thou wouldst highly, That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win.

    Art  
    'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 5, l. [16]
  • Farewell the tranquil mind! farewell content! Farewell the plumed troops, and the big wars That make ambition virtue.

    War  
    'Othello' (1602-4) act 3, sc. 3, l. 346
  • As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.

    'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [27]
  • Ambition's debt is paid.

    'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 1, l. 83
  • Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

    'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [97]
  • Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other side

    'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 7, l. 16
  • Love and meekness, lord, Become a churchman better than ambition: Win straying souls with modesty again, Cast none away.

    Winning  
    William Shakespeare (2013). “Making Sense of Henry VIII! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling)”, p.237, BookCaps Study Guides
  • The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.

    William Shakespeare (2001). “Hamlet”, p.155, Classic Books Company
  • Virtue is chok'd with foul ambition

    William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.474
  • Ambition, the soldier's virtue.

    William Shakespeare, David Bevington (1990). “Antony and Cleopatra”, p.153, Cambridge University Press
  • Ambition, the soldier's virtue, rather makes choice of loss, than gain which darkens him.

    Loss  
    William Shakespeare (1826). “Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.741
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