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'Tis not what man does which exalts him, but what man Would

'Tis not what man does which exalts him, but what man Would do!

Robert Browning

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The comfort zone takes our greatest aspirations and turns th

The comfort zone takes our greatest aspirations and turns them into excuses for not bothering to aspire.

Peter McWilliams

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Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as hig

Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment. The Root Of The Righteous

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The voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams co

The voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again.

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Ambition begat simony; simony begat the pope and his brethre

Ambition begat simony; simony begat the pope and his brethren, about the time of the Babylonish captivity

Martin Luther King Jr.

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I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

George Bernard Shaw

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He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.

He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.

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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

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Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

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Big results require big ambitions.

Big results require big ambitions.

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To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also d

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

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When ambition ends, happiness begins.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

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An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition.

An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition.

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Ambition is not a vice of little people.

Ambition is not a vice of little people.

Michel de Montaigne

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Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our b

Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.

Christopher Marlowe

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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not t

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the

The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.

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People need not fear the unknown if they have a capable of a

People need not fear the unknown if they have a capable of achieving what they need and what

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Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the

Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other side

William Shakespeare

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My ambition is much higher than independence. Through the de

My ambition is much higher than independence. Through the deliverance of India

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