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Aim at the sun and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if you read more
Aim at the sun and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if you had aimed at an object on a level with yourself.
Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make read more
Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, read more
Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.
Ambition can creep as well as soar.
Ambition can creep as well as soar.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that read more
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.
Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.
