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What does it mean that success is as dangerous as failure? Whether you go up the ladder or down it, your position is shaky.

—Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing), Book of the Way
Category: PhilosophyMood: PhilosophicalTags: #perspective #ambition #steadiness #ground
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Moderation has been made a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console mediocre people for their lack of fortune and merit.

—François de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections on Diverse Subjects (Réflexions diverses)
Category: PsychologyMood: PhilosophicalTags: #moderation #ambition #virtue #mediocrity
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Magnanimity despises everything in order to obtain everything.

—François de La Rochefoucauld, Moral Maxims and Reflections (Maximes, 1665)
Category: PsychologyMood: PhilosophicalTags: #magnanimity #pride #greatness #ambition
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Ambition breeds envy and destroys affection.

—Jiddu Krishnamurti, Think on These Things
Category: WisdomMood: ReflectiveTags: #ambition #envy #affection #simplicity
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The petty man sacrifices his soul for gain; the knight for fame; the grandee for his clan; the sage for nothing at all.

—Zhuangzi, The Book of Zhuangzi, Chapter 8
Category: Wisdom & Self-KnowledgeMood: BoldTags: #zhuangzi #sacrifice #ambition #fame #sovereignty
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Stay hungry, stay foolish.

—Steve Jobs, Keynote Addresses & Public Discourses
Category: LeadershipMood: BoldTags: #curiosity #ambition #humility #growth
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Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

—John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy's Essays & Philosophical Writings
Category: LeadershipMood: BoldTags: #ambition #failure #risk #greatness
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A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.

—Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book VIII
Category: LeadershipMood: BoldTags: #ambition #worth #ideals #character
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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

—Seneca, De Tranquillitate Animi (On Tranquility of Mind)
Category: ResilienceMood: MotivationalTags: #greatness #perseverance #hardship #ambition
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