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    Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.

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Very few people are ambitious in the sense of having a specific image of what they want to achieve. Most read more

Very few people are ambitious in the sense of having a specific image of what they want to achieve. Most people's sights are only toward the next run, the next increment of money.

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When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

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If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

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Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.

Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.

by Edgar Quinet Found in: Ambition Quotes,
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

by Epictetus Found in: Ambition Quotes,
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I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it read more

I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go.

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At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my read more

At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.

by Salvador Dali Found in: Ambition Quotes,
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The great refusal.
[It., Il gran rifiuto.]

The great refusal.
[It., Il gran rifiuto.]

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I see, but cannot reach, the height
That lies forever in the light.

I see, but cannot reach, the height
That lies forever in the light.

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