| “Stars hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires.” | Act 1, Scene 4, Macbeth – Immediately wants the crown. |
| “pour my spirits in thine ear…the valour of my tongue” | Act 1, Scene 5, Lady Macbeth – Will gain power by persuading. |
| “Is this a dagger which I see before me” | Act 2, Scene 1, Macbeth – He is not naturally ambitious. |
| “To be thus is nothing But to be safely thus” | Act 3, Scene 1, Macbeth – Not about becoming king. |
| “Out, damned spot! Out, I say!” | Act 5, Scene 1, Lady Macbeth – Suffering from her ambition. |
| “full of scorpions is my mind dear wife!” | Act 3, Scene 2, Macbeth – Pain distracts from victory. |
| “Be innocent of the knowledge” | Act 3, Scene 2, Macbeth – Going beyond his prophecy. |
| “Life’s but a walking shadow…That struts and frets his hour upon the stage” | Act 5, Scene 5, Macbeth – His power is temporary. |
Macbeth Quotes: Ambition
November 1, 2019