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"Northumberland, thou ladder wherewithal the mounting Bolingbroke ascends my throne."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Ambition, Truth, Power, Wisdom

"Don't waste your life on small dreams. Give yourself permission to dream big."

Mensah Oteh, Nigerian Author

Ambition, Dream, Life, Encouragement

"We all do have a vision in life and we all wish to achieve something in life. We all ought to note that vision is there for everyone but, achievement is there for someone!"

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Ambition, Vision, Achievement, Focus, Success

"If you really want it, then you'll make your dream happen."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Ambition, Drive, Dream, Hustle

"Always strive to get to the top in life because its usually crowded at the bottom."

Habeeb Akande, British Historian

Ambition, Success, Competition, Effort

"When I turned 35, I thought, 'Mozart was dead at 36, so I set the bar: I'm going to start writing a book on my next birthday.' I thought historical fiction would be easiest because I was a university professor and know my way around a library, and it seemed easier to look things up than make them up."

Diana Gabaldon, American Author

Ambition, Motivational, Aging, Time, Planning

"If the grass is greener on the other side, start watering your own."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Ambition, Growth, Self-improvement, Perspective, Grass

"I want to go after dreams that are destined to fail without diving intervention."

Mark Batterson, American Author

Ambition, Risk, Failure, Dream

"You cannot reach the stars feet on the ground."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Ambition, Stars, Ground, Aspiration, Limitations

"Ambition is greed without makeup."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Ambition, Greed, Critique, Motivational

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"What has marked Chinese society is its level of cruelty, not just revolutions and wars. We ought to reject it totally, otherwise in another upheaval there will be further cruelty."

Society, Cruelty, Will

"While I was writing Wild Swans I thought the famine was the result of economic mismanagement but during the research I realised that it was something more sinister."

Thought, Famine, Research, Result

"I think because of their terrible past, particularly this century, the Chinese have come to accept cruelty more than many other people, which is something I feel very unhappy about."

People, Cruelty, Past

"I would love mainland Chinese to read my book. There is a Chinese translation which I worked on myself, published in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Many copies have gone into China but it is still banned."

Love,

"For anyone to open their heart, they need the right atmosphere, and something to prompt them. For my mother it was her trip abroad: she was in a very relaxed, understanding environment. I was very sympathetic towards her."

Family, Mother, Heart, Environment, Open

"I no longer have the terrible nightmares that I used to have. Mao had just died in 1976, and China began to open up. For the first time scholarships to go to the West to study were awarded on academic merit."

Time, First, Merit, Open

"It's taken us 10 years, and it was constant excitement. I was constantly shocked by how evil he could be. Mao was very, very shrewd but he didn't have human feeling."

Evil, Excitement, Feeling, Years

"In certain areas where the media are still controlled, the changes have come to a halt, which is a very frustrating situation. I would like the changes to take place throughout China."

Media,

"Although my book is banned I am still allowed to go to China and travel. There is no longer the kind of control that Mao used to have-there have been deep fundamental changes in society."

Society, Travel, Control, Deep

"I was not allowed to take notes but my friend and I memorised those two and a half pages. Most people talked to me because of the warning. They knew this book was not going to be the official line."

Friendship, People, Friend