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“Ambition is the desire to go forward and improve one's condition. It is a burning flame that lights up the life of the individual and makes him see himself in another state. To be ambitious is to be great in mind and soul. To want that which is worth while and strive for it. To go on without looking back, reaching to that which gives satisfaction.”

Want Giving Mind Soul States Light Desire Individual Conditions Goes On Ambition Strive Satisfaction Burning Flames Reaching Ambitious Looking Back Light Up

Book:Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

“I am doing what I want to do - painting pictures people want and understand. I have no burning ambition to create the kind of 'art' which the confused critics praise for its 'plastic significance,' 'fluid lines,' and 'inner awareness,' or 'must be understood on three levels.”

People Want Kind Art Three Lines Levels Awareness Painting Ambition Understood Praise Critics Burning Confused Significance Plastic Fluid Modernism Painting A Picture

Author:Arnold Friberg

“Knowing how you actually want to feel is the most potent form of clarity that you can have. Generating those feelings is the most powerfully creative thing you can do with your life. And not only do we have to put our feelings at the heart of our ambitions, we have to pursue our desires in a way that is life-affirming, rather than soul-depleting. Rigid goal-chasing is burning us out. Soul-anchored intentions are the way to get home.”

Way Want Feels Heart Soul Feelings Home Form Desire Goal Can Do Creative Knowing Ambition Intention Pursue Clarity Burning Most Powerful Chasing Affirming Life Affirming

Author:Danielle LaPorte

“If you have a burning ambition and desire, absolutely anything can be achieved.”

Ifs Desire Ambition Burning

Author:Jahangir Khan

“I had a burning ambition. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accomplished it”

Ambition Burning Accomplished

Author:Claire Bloom

“I've never looked ahead very much in my life. I've never had any grand plan from the outset. I had no burning ambition to do what I do”

Plans Ambition Burning

Author:Tracey Ullman

“A BURNING DESIRE TO BE, AND TO DO is the starting point from which the dreamer must take off. Dreams are not born of indifference, laziness, or lack of ambition.”

Dream Desire Born Ambition Starting Burning Indifference Dreamer Laziness Starting Point Burning Desire Lack Of Ambition

Book:Napoleon Hill Collection

Source: Napoleon Hill Collection

“It's not a burning ambition for me to make sure that David Beckham earns less money.”

Ambition Burning Beckham

Author:Tony Blair

“I think all writers are always collecting characters as we go along. Not just characters of course, we're collecting EVERYTHING. Bits and pieces of story. An interesting dynamic between people. A theme. A great character back story. A cool occupation. The look of someone's eyes. A burning ambition. Hundreds of thousands of bits of flotsam and jetsam that we stick in the back of our minds like the shelves full of buttons and ribbons and fabrics and threads and beads in a costumer's shop.”