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“Ambition, old as mankind, the immemorial weakness of the strong.”

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Book:No Signposts in the Sea

Source: No Signposts in the Sea

“You want a woman who, if needed, will be the CEO of the home. In essence, you want a woman who understands the difference between ambition and busyness. You also want a woman who understands that submission is strength, not weakness. Meaning, she understands the importance of your leadership but she is also strong enough not to allow you to run over her.”

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Author:Tony Gaskins

“The egotistical ambition to always want to earn more money harms both the company and the individual himself. That is the biggest weakness of many managers - the financial crisis has proven this.”

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Author:Dalai Lama

“I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition.”

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Author:Ella Maillart

“The strongest passions and most dangerous weaknesses of the human breast; ambition, avarice, vanity, the honorable or venal love of fame, are all in conspiracy against the desire and duty of peace.”

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Author:James Madison

“The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions. But nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born.”

“Ambition is not a weakness unless it be disproportioned to the capacity. To have more ambition than ability is to be at once weak and unhappy.”

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Book:A Memorial of Daniel Webster: From the City of Boston

Source: A Memorial of Daniel Webster: From the City of Boston

“There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of LACK OF AMBITION!”

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Book:Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition

Source: Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition