“Hereditary right should be kept sacred, not from any inalienable right in a particular family, but to avoid the consequences that usually attend the ambition of competitors.” ShouldGovernmentParticularAmbitionConsequenceSacredCompetitorsHereditary Author:Jonathan Swift
“I charge [my sons] never to let the motives of private interest or ambition to influence them to betray, nor the terrors of poverty and disgrace, or the fear of danger or of death deter them from asserting the liberty of their country, and endeavoring to transmit to their posterity those sacred rights to which themselves were born” CountryInterestBornLibertyPovertyRightsInfluenceDangerSonAmbitionSacredTerrorMotiveMy SonBetrayPosterityDisgraceTransmit Author:George Mason
“If the account given in Genesis is really true, ought we not, after all, to thank this serpent? He was the first schoolmaster, the first advocate of learning, the first enemy of ignorance, the first to whisper in human ears the sacred word liberty, the creator of ambition, the author of modesty, of inquiry, of doubt, of investigation, of progress and of civilization.” IfsFirstsHumansGivenLibertyEnemyDoubtProgressIgnoranceOughtCivilizationAmbitionEarsAccountsSacredCreatorModestyInvestigationInquiryGenesisSerpentReally True Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“Ambition, I have come to believe, is the most primal and sacred and fundament of our being. To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls. Not to act upon that ambition is to turn our backs on ourselves and on the reason for our existence.” FeelsBelieveSoulReasonTurnsExistenceCallingAmbitionUniqueSacredEmbracePrimal Book:Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life's Work Source: Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life's Work
“When we make our art a practice, when we make our workspace sacred and enter it daily with respect and high intention, then we elevate our actions (even if they're taking place within the profane arena of commerce) beyond ego and above gimme-gimme ambition.” IfsArtActionPracticeEgoAmbitionSacredIntentionCommerceArenaOur ActionsProfaneWorkspace Author:Steven Pressfield
“If you try to keep your most sacred ambitions off of your weekly calendar and your most genuine traits off of your resume, then you're missing out on the power of real integrity.” IfsTryingRealMissingIntegrityAmbitionSacredGenuineTraitsCalendarsResumesMissing Out Author:Danielle LaPorte