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


Life Thoughts (1858)

Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man by one which is lower than himself. The one...

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man by one which is lower than himself. The one...

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man by one which is lower than himself. The one...

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man by one which is lower than himself. The one...