“It is the age of ambition that proves the mettle of men”
“We are built for the valley, for the ordinary stuff we are in, and that is where we have to prove our mettle. ”
“This is the end of an epic tale, the story of my coming of age, which, like in the novels of the same description, went from wonder to ambition, from ambition to disillusion, and from disillusion to cynicism.”
“Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.”
“I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.”
“A man who doesn't test the mettle of his soul isn't much of a man...”