“Workers of the world awaken. Break your chains, demand your rights. All the wealth you make is taken, by exploiting parasites. Shall you kneel in deep submission from your cradle to your grave? Is the height of your ambition to be a good and willing slave?” WorldWealthBreakStruggleTakenRightsWillingDemandAmbitionSlaveWorkersGravesChainsHeightSubmissionCradleParasitesEconomic InequalityLabour Day Author:Joe Hill
“Eternal joy can never be taken from God's people. Therefore ambition, restlessness, and avarice can be put away for the first time as we rest more and more in the work of the Son of God.” PeopleFirstsJoyTakenSonAmbitionEternalFirst TimeAvariceRestlessness Author:Michael Horton
“From a very young age I had an ambition to be a musician, and to do that professionally. That's what I pursued until I was about 20, playing in bands that were taken pretty seriously at that stage.” AgeYoungTakenStageBandAmbitionMusicianYoung AgePursued Author:Cillian Murphy
“It is man's duty to live in conformity with the divine will, and this means, firstly, bringing his life into line with 'nature's laws', and secondly, resigning himself completely and uncomplainingly to whatever fate may send him. Only by living thus, and not setting too high a value on things which can at any moment be taken away from him, can he discover that true, unshakeable peace and contentment to which ambition, luxury and above all avarice are among the greatest obstacles.” MenMayMeanMomentsLawValuesLinesTakenFateDivineDutyAmbitionObstaclesSettingSettingsLuxuryContentmentConformityAvariceGreatest ObstaclesDivine WillResigning Author:Seneca the Younger