“The growth of New England was a result of the aggregate efforts of a busy multitude, each in his narrow circle toiling for himself, to gather competence or wealth. The expansion of New France was the achievement of a gigantic ambition striving to grasp a continent. It was a vain attempt.” GrowthWealthResultsEffortAchievementAmbitionEnglandStriveBusyCirclesFranceVainContinentsMultitudesExpansionCompetenceNew EnglandToiling Book:Pioneers of France in the New World Source: Pioneers of France in the New World
“Perhaps our national ambition to standardize ourselves has behind it the notion that democracy means standardization. But standardization is the surest way to destroy the initiative, to denumb the creative impulse above all else essential to the vitality and growth of democratic ideals.” WayMeanGrowthBehindsCreativeDemocracyEssentialsAmbitionIdealsDemocraticNotionImpulseInitiativeVitalityStandardizationDemocratic Ideals Author:Ida Tarbell
“Like all men who are Napoleonic in their ambitionshe has instincts about the nature of growth, a lover's sense of the momentof crisis, and he knewhow costly is defeat when it is not soothed by greater consciousness, and how wasteful is the profit of victory when there is not the courage to employ it.” MenGrowthConsciousnessCourageGreaterLoversVictoryAmbitionCrisisInstinctDefeatProfitNapoleonic Author:Norman Mailer
“We [H&M] believe that growth, profit and sustainability are not contradictory. Our ambition is to be a fair and profitable company, because otherwise we couldn't open any new stores, we couldn't produce new designs and no new jobs would be created. H&M would soon cease to exist.” BelieveWould BeJobsGrowthCompanyDesignProduceAmbitionFairsProfitStoresCeaseSustainabilityProfitableContradictoryNew Job Author:Karl-Johan Persson
“Ambition without knowledge is like a boat on dry land -movie - Karate kid"What is the calculus of innovation?" "The calculus of innovation is really quite simple: knowledge drives innovation, innovation drives productivity, productivity drives our economic growth."” KidsGrowthSimpleEconomicLandAmbitionInnovationProductivityBoatDryEconomic GrowthKarateCalculusDry Land Author:William R. Brody
“But waiting for 'eventually' to prove the alarmists wrong is not the wisest course of action. Unfullfillable ambitions to stifle growth will devastate a world trying to deal with the complexities of economics, stability, and the environment. Quality of life depends on access to energy. Noble intentions about 'C02-free' sources of energy are not sufficient, if their agenda of eliminating coal as a source, and turning their back on nuclear, are allowed to be part of our near-term policies.” IfsWorldTryingActionCoursesEnergyWaitingGrowthTermDealsQualityEnvironmentPolicySourceDependsProveAmbitionEconomicsIntentionNobleAccessNuclearSufficientComplexityAgendasStabilityCoalQuality Of LifeWisestEliminatingAlarmists Author:John H. Sununu
“Ambition is the great fire, it's the liberator of the unconscious person. No goals, no growth; no clarity, no change.” PersonsGoalGrowthFireAmbitionClarityUnconsciousLiberators Author:Brendon Burchard
“This country of ours, this system of ours, the rule of law, the opportunity to get an education and go as far as your hard work and ambition will take you, and we created the biggest engine of economic growth in the world, the American middle class.” WorldCountryHardLawOpportunityGrowthClassEconomicMiddleHard WorkAmbitionMiddle ClassEnginesEconomic GrowthRule Of Law Author:Hillary Clinton
“The one-child policy was based on some faulty science and had, as an ambition, reining in Chinese population growth, so as to enhance the per capita wealth of the country.” CountryGrowthWealthPolicyAmbitionChinese Author:Howard W. French
“The growth of violent extremism is partly a consequence of how the developed world has become complacent and defensive about its own greatness and ambition.” WorldGrowthGreatnessAmbitionConsequenceViolentExtremismComplacent Author:Garry Kasparov
“Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.” GrowthAmbitionDeterminationMy AmbitionGermsLife Ambition Author:Oscar Wilde
“It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.” EndsGrowthAmbitionChivalryStasis Author:Bono
“I think that our fundamental belief is that for us growth is a way of life and we have to grow at all times.” ThinkingWayInspirationBeliefGrowsGrowthChangeAmbitionFundamentalsAll TimeBillionaireBusiness Growth Author:Mukesh Ambani
“The organizational architecture is really that a centipede walks on hundred legs and one or two don't count. So if I lose one or two legs, the process will go on, the organization will go on, the growth will go on.” IfsTwoProcessGrowthChangeLosesWalksGoes OnAmbitionHundredOrganizationLegsArchitecturePartnershipOrganizationalBusiness GrowthCentipedes Author:Mukesh Ambani
“The most important thing to remember about drunks is that drunks are far more intelligent than non-drunks- they spend a lot of time talking in pubs, unlike workaholics who concentrate on their careers and ambitions, who never develop their higher spiritual values, who never explore the insides of their head like a drunk does.” DoeImportantRememberSpiritualValuesGrowthWorkTalkingCareersDevelopmentHigherAmbitionIntelligentImportant ThingsPersonal GrowthDrinkingIntelligenceAlcoholDrunkExplorationConcentratingPubsWorkaholicSpiritual Values Author:Shane MacGowan