"A cardinal American virtue, 'ambition,' promotes a cardinal……" — Robert K. Merton

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• Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as… — Mary Kay Ash
• We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you… — Mary Kay Ash
• Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All… — Saint Augustine
• A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by… — Marcus Aurelius
• A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions. — Marcus Aurelius
• All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was… — Paul Auster
• Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of… — Sai Baba
• There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for… — Charles Babbage
• A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions.… — Liberty Hyde Bailey
• A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and… — Pearl Bailey
• The early commentators who put down the pre-presidential Roosevelt as an empty-headed young lightweight, all ambition and no talent, now… — Russell Baker
• The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory. — James A. Baldwin

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