"I would rather make my name than inherit it."

William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist

Ambition, Name

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"I would rather make my name than inherit it."

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

S. A. Tawks, British Author

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"Set goals to create a clear sense of purpose and direction."

Susan C. Young, American Author

Ambition, Goal, Truth, Power, Focus

"Increase must become your natural desire."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Ambition, Increase, Desire, Growth

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

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Ambition, Kingdom, Dreams, Focus

"All I am saying is that you should begin to see greatness as something you cannot do without. Begin to see greatness as something that you cannot afford not to have."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Ambition, Greatness, Desire, Need, Value

"Discipline is needed in our pursuit."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Ambition, Discipline, Pursuit, Determination, Goals

"A dream is the reality of a future that exists in a person's imagination."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Ambition, Dream, Reality, Future, Imagination

"You can touch the moon if you really want to do it."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Ambition, Dreams, Achievement, Desire

"A job should only be a stepping stone to being your own boss."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Ambition, Job, SteppingStone, Boss, Independence

"Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential."

Barack Obama, American President

Ambition, Life, Potential, Poverty

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"A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible."

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"Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed."

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"Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children."

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

"Set goals to create a clear sense of purpose and direction."

"Increase must become your natural desire."

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

"All I am saying is that you should begin to see greatness as something you cannot do without. Begin to see greatness as something that you cannot afford not to have."

"Discipline is needed in our pursuit."

"A dream is the reality of a future that exists in a person's imagination."

"You can touch the moon if you really want to do it."

"A job should only be a stepping stone to being your own boss."

"Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential."

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"Next to excellence is the appreciation of it."

"Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman."

"People hate as they love, unreasonably."

"'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel."

"The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face."

"Dinner was made for eating, not for talking."

"A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible."

"Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed."

"Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children."

"To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best."