Ambition is the golden mean between sloth and greed.

Ambition is overrated — Climbing is performed in the same posture as creeping.

Ambition is like hunger : it obeys no law but its appetite.

Ambition is most aroused by the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

A Calendar's days are numbered.

A Calendar is a device that ensures that your days are numbered.

A Calendar is not a thing that actually tells you what day it is. It just gives you a list of options to choose from.

A Calendar is a method of reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.

Education is a chest of tools.

Education is atmosphere, nothing more.

Education is the making of men.

Education is soul crafting.

A Goal is a dream with deadlines.

A Goal is a dream taken seriously.

The Goal is important — A naively formulated goal transmutes, with time, into the sinister form of the life-lie.

A Goal is unnecessary in the youth — There’s nothing wrong with going nowhere; it's the privilege of youth.