Fulke Greville Quotes

Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man.

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.

Ambition is not a vice of little people.

Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do!

Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.

Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.

… ambition is not a vice but in a vicious mind: in a virtuous mind it is a virtue, and will be found to take its color from the character in which it is mixed. Ambition is a desire of superiority; and a man may become superior, either by making others less or himself greater.

I want to be the champion one day, but I don't want to get ahead of myself.

You a role model by way of someone will model after your role. They'll model themselves after what they perceive is success. That doesn't mean they take your morality and virtue seriously. They want what you want, and they're willing to do what you do to get it.

Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.

So it's always helped me to have a foundation, an ideal to strive for and goals. It's hard for me to be disciplined and plan things.

In life, as on the stage, it's not who I am but what I do that's the measure of my worth and the secret of my success. All the rest is showiness, arrogance and conceit.

You can kill the dreamer, but you can't kill the dream.

Modesty is policy, no less than virtue.

Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.

Good men do not always have grace and favor, lest they should be puffed up, and grow insolent and proud.

Have a vision. Be demanding.

Moderation is represented as a virtue in order to restrain the ambition of great men, and to console those of a meaner condition in their lesser merit and fortune.

In success be moderate. Humility makes great men twice honourable.

Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity.

A star wants to see himself rise to the top. A leader wants to see those around him rise to the top.

Work hard and follow your dreams, but never forget where you came from.

I never looked at a title and said, I want that.

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall: but in charity there is no excess; neither can angel nor man come in danger by it.