A Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Ambition's cradle oftenest is its grave

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Ambition Cradle Grave

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American - Poet
February 27, 1807 - March 24, 1882

Time, the cradle of hope, but the grave of ambition, is the stern corrector of fools, but the salutary counselor of the wise, bringing all they dread to the one, and all they desire to the other.

Charles Caleb Colton

Waste equals food, whether it's food for the earth, or for a closed industrial cycle. We manufacture products that go from cradle to grave. We want to manufacture them from cradle to cradle.

William McDonough

The left promises abortion rights and cradle to the grave protection, so the trick is to make it to the cradle.

Dennis Miller

Be not with honor's gilded baits beguil'd, Nor think ambition wise, because 'tis brave; For though we like it, as a forward child, 'Tis so unsound, her cradle is the grave.

William Davenant

Workers of the world awaken. Break your chains, demand your rights. All the wealth you make is taken, by exploiting parasites. Shall you kneel in deep submission from your cradle to your grave? Is the height of your ambition to be a good and willing slave?

Joe Hill

The cradle of the future is the grave of the past.

Franz Grillparzer

[T]he cradle is shallower than the grave.

Georges Bernanos

Our motto is 'from cradle to grave.' Unwanted babies are delivered to us through our cradle programme, where we work to find new homes for them for parents desiring children. In addition to our healthcare programmes, we also have a programme for burying the dead, meeting all the necessary expenses for those who are unable to do so.