"It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement."

Ambition, Cause, Earth, Improvement

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"It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement."

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"It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book."

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"Whenever God wants to intervene in the affairs of the earth, he intervenes through light, illumination, knowledge, insight, understanding, wisdom."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"It seemed, at that point, my greed and cunningness were being rewarded."

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"All you need is a dream to drive you nuts."

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"Kindness consents very readily to the removal of its object " we have all met people whose kindness to animals is constantly leading them to kill animals lest they should suffer. Kindness, merely as such, cares not whether its object becomes good or bad, provided only that it escapes suffering."

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"It was an impossible achievement but that didn't stop me from trying and having fun."

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