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“But only those who have aims and ambitions for the benefit, not of the individual, but of humankind as a whole can persevere to the end.”

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Author:Ding Ling

“I wasn't the typical pageant girl - I was a little more nerdy, and they gave me a voice. I created the Queen of the Universe pageant, which is charity-based, to benefit UNESCO. For me, the most important thing is that contestants have a charity-based platform or charity ambition.”

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Author:Joyce Giraud

“Adam Smith saw the greed of modern capitalism for what it was - a form of destructive ambition that may have favorable effects on the productive capacities of society, but which is of no direct benefit to anyone - not even to the greedy themselves, whose illusory chase after a will-o-the-wisp leaves them morally bankrupt and unhappy.”

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Author:Allen W. Wood

“My father's vision was to see the Pilbara developed in a way that would benefit his beloved north, and West Australia and he wanted to see Australia become a stronger economy benefiting from the development of our north. His life was spent pursuing that vision.”

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Author:Gina Rinehart

“The only positive benefit of the injury to Flintoff may be the end of his captaincy ambitions”

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Author:Michael Atherton

“All should be taught that the highest ambition is to be happy, and to add to the well-being of others; that place and power are not necessary to success; that the desire to acquire great wealth is a kind of insanity. They should be taught that it is a waste of energy, a waste of thought, a waste of life, to acquire what you do not need and what you do not really use for the benefit of yourself or others.”

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Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll