“At least eighty percent of millionaires are self-made. That is, they started with nothing but ambition and energy, the same way most of us start.”
Definitions:
- The craving for honor, which is the manifestation of a certain reverence for a person in witness of his excellence(New Advent)
- An ardent desire for rank, fame, or power / The desire to achieve a particular end (Summa Theologica)
- The desire for recognition of one’s perceived virtues (Merriam-Webster)
Vices
- Excess: over-ambition, the desire for honor beyond what is reasonably due or the acceptance of honor for oneself rather than God
- Deficit: Laziness, sloth, the lack of desire for excellence or virtue