You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. -- Richard Bach
I had ambition, by which sin The angels fell; I climbed, and step by step, oh Lord, Ascended3 into Hell -- W. H. Davies, Ambition
What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens. -- Benjamin Disraeli
I just need enough to tide me over until I need more. -- Bill Hoest
People may or may not say what they mean ... but they always say something designed to get what they want. -- David Mamet
He who awaits much can expect little. -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Ambition is not a vice4 of little people. -- Michel de Montaigne
Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we re looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn t test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power. -- P. J. O Rourke
We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing. -- Seneca
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. -- Oscar Wilde
Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire. -- Jean de La Fontaine