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“Some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding life itself. These give themselves the name of philosophers , and they value the contemplation and discovery of nature beyond all other pursuits.”

Giving Philosophy Values Names Understanding Ambition Discovery Slave Philosopher Pursuit Contemplation Understanding Life

Author:Pythagoras

“Ambitious princes value inherited kingdoms not so much as conquered provinces.”

Values Ambition Kingdoms Ambitious Provinces

Author:Christian Nestell Bovee

“What I think we need to do is infuse everyday and every action with the kind of values we hope will be in the future, with kindness, with nurturing, with dreams, ambition, using your talents, not resorting to violence, other forms of conflict resolution, with humor, with poetry, with music.”

Thinking Needs Kind Dream Action Form Values Kindness Violence Talent Conflict Ambition Everyday Resolution Nurturing Conflict Resolution Using Your Talents

Author:Gloria Steinem

“If it is true that love is the pursuit in another of qualities we lack in ourselves, then in our love of someone from another culture, one ambition may be to weld ourselves more closely to values missing from our own culture.”

Ifs May Values Culture Love Is Quality Missing Ambition Pursuit Our Love

Book:The Art of Travel

Source: The Art of Travel

“The hippie is the scion of surplus value. The dropout can only claim sanctity in a society which offers something to be dropped out of--career, ambition, conspicuous consumption. The effects of hippie sanctimony can only be felt in the context of others who plunder his lifestyle for what they find good or profitable, a process known as rip-off by the hippie, who will not see how savagely he has pillaged intricate and demanding civilizations for his own parodic lifestyle.”

Source: The Madwoman's Underclothes: Essays and Occasional Writings

“An entrepreneur is someone who, almost artistically, designs a living entity which embodies the values, beliefs, and ambitions of the creator. It's impossible for a larger entity to swallow a smaller one without completely reshaping it. When this process begins, a wild visionary - the entrepreneur type - is the most toxic, indigestible actor imaginable. And this is why I roll my eyes when a new acquisition is announced: Because I don't see it as a triumphant graduation but a sacrifice to an industry that is afraid to dream big.”

Dream Bigs Eye Values Actors Belief Process Impossible Sacrifice Design Type Industry Ambition Entrepreneur Creator Toxic Entity Visionaries Acquisition Triumphant

Author:Jake Lodwick