The desire to create continually is vulgar and betrays jealousy, envy, ambition. If one is something one really does not need to make anything - and one nonetheless does very much. There exists above the productive man a yet higher species.

I never underestimated myself. And I never saw anything wrong with ambition.

Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

This fulfils my ambition. I still have my father's robe as Chancellor. I shall be proud to serve you in this splendid office.

It was my ambition all of my life to be master of the spoken word.

Success is based on imagination plus ambition and the will to work.