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> [“The odd thing about ambition is this: You can acquire it like a fever, but it is not so easy to shed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/the-odd-thing-about-ambition-is-this-you-can-acquire-it-like-a-fever/)

[Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c6/holly-black-329_ambition_the-odd-thing-about-ambition-is-this-you_575429.png)

> [To become Christ-like is the only thing in the whole world worth caring for, the thing before which every ambition of man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-drummond/to-become-christ-like-is-the-only-thing-in-the-whole-world-worth/)

[Henry Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-drummond/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/henry-drummond-18931_achievement_to-become-christ-like-is-the-only-thing_738505.jpg)

> [It's an ugly thing to see ambition and to see people satisfying themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-weiner/it-s-an-ugly-thing-to-see-ambition-and-to-see-people-satisfying/)

[Matthew Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-weiner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e83/matthew-weiner-12881_ambition_it-s-an-ugly-thing-to-see-ambition-and-t_971048.jpg)

> [I didn't know then that I would never be able to leave the sounds and smells of these sights behind me, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emanuel-celler/i-didn-t-know-then-that-i-would-never-be-able-to-leave-the-sounds-and/)

[Emanuel Celler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emanuel-celler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76f/emanuel-celler-18605_able_i-didn-t-know-then-that-i-would-never-be_2464193.png)

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