 Here's three Macbeth quotes on ambition you can use in any essay according to first-rate tutors Coming in as a strong number one is this a dagger which I see before me dot dot dot a dagger of the mind Macbeth says this when he is having a hallucination seeing a blatant dagger before he kills King Duncan This quote is perfect because it ties in to the theme of ambition the theme of guilt the theme of the supernatural and it ties in the dangers of Ambition which is a core and central message of Macbeth number two look up the innocent flower be the serpent under it Lady Macbeth tells us to make beth when she's advising him how he should go about killing King Duncan This quote is perfect because not only does it emphasize how cruel and ambitious her character is but also it illustrates How Macbeth is eventually going to become duplicitous and two-faced and Equally it ties in really really nicely to all the other major themes within the play and number three first farm files fair This is what the witches say in act one scene one However, not only is it powerful in terms of showing the destructive force of the supernatural. I eat the witches