Marcus Aurelius Quotes About Ambition

Quotes about: Ambition

• A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Inspirational, Ambition, Mean

• A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Philosophical, Ambition, Men

• Ambition means tying your well-being to what other people say or do. Self-indulgence means tying it to the things that happen to you. Sanity means tying it to your own actions.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Ambition, Mean, Self

  Marcus Aurelius (2002). “Meditations: A New Translation”, p.81, Modern Library

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