“Modern novels have become part of the do-it-yourself business, and they come in a very small number of standard kits. (...) In this wilderness cries the voice of Patrick White, Australian extraordinary, who has quite other, more austere and indeed prophetic ambitions. (...) (H)is failures are certainly the equivalent, and perhaps the measure, of other men's success.” MenVoiceWhiteNumbersNovelModernCryAmbitionStandardsExtraordinaryWildernessAustralianPropheticDo It YourselfSmall NumbersModern Novel Author:David Pryce-Jones
“Delicate, gracious, and eloquent, John Brandi's poems reveal that he remains an extraordinary profound poet of prayer and praise. His is the most honorable and heroic of ambitions - to dress our broken world in the clothes of language, trust, and hope.” WorldLanguagePrayerPoetBrokenAmbitionClothesPraiseDressesRemainsProfoundExtraordinaryHeroicDelicateHonorableGraciousEloquentBroken World Author:David St. John
“Ambition is at the very core of success and extraordinary achievement. Unlike greed, it's a powerful, creative and constructive force.” ForcePowerfulCreativeAchievementAmbitionExtraordinaryGreedCoreConstructiveExtraordinary Achievement Author:Jim Rohn
“It takes an extraordinary amount of attention to manifest any ambition. But life intervenes - distractions and obligations pull us away from the ambition we originally had.” AttentionAmountAmbitionExtraordinaryObligationManifestDistraction Author:Brendon Burchard
“We have advantages. We have a cushion to fall back on. This is abundance. A luxury of place and time. Something rare and wonderful. It's almost historically unprecedented. We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to.” Would BeFallWonderfulAmbitionAdvantageExtraordinaryAbsurdLuxuryAbundanceUnprecedentedFall BackExtraordinary ThingsCushionsPlace And Time Author:Dave Eggers
“God like Us suffers the ambition to make a destiny more extraordinary than was conceived for Him, yes God is like Me, only more so.” SufferingLiteratureDestinyFateAmbitionExtraordinaryLike Me Author:Norman Mailer
“The great corporations of this country were not founded by ordinary people. They were founded by people with extraordinary intelligence, ambition, and aggressiveness.” PeopleCountryBusinessAmbitionOrdinaryExtraordinaryIntelligenceCorporationsOrdinary PeopleAggressiveness Author:Daniel Patrick Moynihan
“Level 5 leaders are differentiated from other levels of leaders in that they have a wonderful blend of personal humility combined with extraordinary professional will. Understand that they are very ambitious; but their ambition, first and foremost, is for the company's success. They realize that the most important step they must make to become a Level 5 leader is to subjugate their ego to the company's performance. When asked for interviews, these leaders will agree only if it's about the company and not about them.” IfsFirstsImportantRealizingLeadershipLevelsBusinessCompanyLeaderStepsWonderfulHumilityEgoAmbitionPerformancesAgreeExtraordinaryInterviewsAmbitious Author:James C. Collins