“If a man does not work passionately - even furiously - at being the best in the world at what he does, he fails his talent, his destiny, and his God.”

“I mean a man whose hopes and aims may sometimes lie (as most men's sometimes do, I dare say) above the ordinary level, but to whom the ordinary level will be high enough after all if it should prov...”

“Not everything you're good at is what you're called to do.”

“We can only reach the highest height, if we encourage each other.”

“If you accept that you can die at any time - then you might not be as ambitious as you are”

“The unpredictability of the future means absolutely nothing to the dreams of an ambitious positive mind.”