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«Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.»
Author: Margaret Mead
| About:
Ambition,
Conviction,
Individuality,
Willpower
| Keywords:
as a group, citizens, Citizens for, committed, doubt, group, grouped, grouping, group A, indeed, small, small change, Small World, The Group, thoughtful
«My ambition is to be happy.»
«My ambition is not to be just a good fighter. I want to be great, something special.»
«My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel»
Author: Edward Abbey
(Writer)
| About:
Ambition,
Books,
Meditation,
Mind,
Senses,
Writing
| Keywords:
compose, contemplating, hut, lotus, lotus position, meditation, retire, sink
«Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.»
Author: Baltasar Gracian
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Ambition
| Keywords:
arouses, clang, clanging, trumpet, trumpeting
«Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion towards men and towards objective things.»
«Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.»
«Of all kinds of ambition, that which pursues poetical fame is the wildest»
«Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point.»
«Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| About:
Ambition,
Attitude
| Keywords:
achieving, mental, mental attitude, on earth
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