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“There was a time when I used to say: ‘I will do many things in life, and refuse to die before I have completed those tasks, for I am a giant.’: but now I have indeed a giant’s task in hand- the task of dying as though death were nothing to me.”
Ivan Turgenev
Mortality
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Ambition
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Acceptance
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Dying
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Life’s Meaning
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“Younger women have no problem in reconciling beauty with ambitions as a professional woman.”
Camille Paglia
Gender
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Ambition
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Beauty
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Women
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Society
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“I want young women when they're 14 to start thinking about what they want over the course of their lives.”
Camille Paglia
Women
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Youth
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Ambition
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Life
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Future
4.
“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.”
J.P. Morgan
Decision
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Progress
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Ambition
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Change
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Motivation
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“Decide that you are not going to stay where you are.”
J.P. Morgan
Decision
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Progress
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Ambition
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Change
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Motivation
6.
“Anyone can be a millionaire, but to become a billionaire you need an astrologer.”
J.P. Morgan
Wealth
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Success
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Belief
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Fortune
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Ambition
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“It was not really a question of price. It was a question of success.”
J.P. Morgan
Success
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Value
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Determination
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Ambition
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Achievement
8.
“Millionaires don’t have astrologers, billionaires do.”
J.P. Morgan
Wealth
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Success
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Belief
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Fortune
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Ambition
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“The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.”
John D. Rockefeller
Ambition
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Success
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Wealth
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Vision
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Motivation
10.
“Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”
John D. Rockefeller
Success
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Ambition
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Risk
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Growth
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Achievement
11.
“I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.”
John D. Rockefeller
Ambition
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Success
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Legacy
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Vision
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Wealth
12.
“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.”
John D. Rockefeller
Success
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Innovation
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Ambition
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Determination
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Change
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“The battle of life is already half won by the young man who is brought in contact with high officials; and the great aim of every boy should be to do something beyond the sphere of his duties- something which attracts the attention of those over him.”
Andrew Carnegie
Success
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Opportunity
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Ambition
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Hard Work
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Leadership
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“Show me a man of average ability but extraordinary desire and I’ll show you a winner every time.”
Andrew Carnegie
Success
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Determination
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Hard Work
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Ambition
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Achievement
15.
“Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!”
Andrew Carnegie
Success
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Motivation
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Ambition
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Positivity
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Determination
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“Success can be attained in any branch of labor. There’s always room at the top in every pursuit.”
Andrew Carnegie
Success
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Opportunity
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Effort
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Growth
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Ambition
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“Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.”
Andrew Carnegie
Desire
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Motivation
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Action
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Psychology
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Ambition
18.
“Be king in your dreams. Make your vow that you will reach that position, with untarnished reputation, and make no other vow to distract your attention.”
Andrew Carnegie
Dreams
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Success
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Focus
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Ambition
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Reputation
19.
“I began to learn what poverty meant. It was burnt in my heart then that my father had to beg for work and there came the resolve that I would cure that when I got to be a man.”
Andrew Carnegie
Poverty
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Determination
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Struggle
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Ambition
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Life Lessons
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“My theory is that when you’re young, you should work eighty hours a week to create a product or service that changes the world.”
Guy Kawasaki
Hard Work
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Youth
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Ambition
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Dedication
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Innovation
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“The desire to change the world is a tremendous advantage as you travel down the difficult path ahead because focusing on a lofty goal is more energizing and attracts more talent than simply making a buck.”
Guy Kawasaki
Change
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Ambition
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Leadership
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Purpose
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Motivation
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“Ambitious failure, magnificent failure, is a very good thing.”
Guy Kawasaki
Failure
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Ambition
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Learning
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Growth
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Success
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“I’ve always wanted to be a professional golfer. So what if you always wanted to be an entrepreneur?”
Guy Kawasaki
Dreams
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Ambition
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Entrepreneurship
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Passion
,
Success
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“We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself.”
Charles Lamb
Growth
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Learning
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Improvement
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Association
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Ambition
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“Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.”
Charles Lamb
Competition
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Nature
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Ambition
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Strategy
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Psychology
26.
“I toiled after it, sir, as some men toil after virtue.”
Charles Lamb
Effort
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Struggle
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Ambition
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Perseverance
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Irony
27.
“Go where glory waits thee! But while fame elates thee, Oh, still remember me!”
Charles Lamb
Fame
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Remembrance
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Loyalty
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Ambition
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Nostalgia
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“I am suffocated and lost when I have not the bright feeling of progression.”
Margaret Fuller
Progression
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Growth
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Ambition
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Motivation
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Purpose
29.
“It's ok to have a job and not want to startup. Just saying!”
Ankur Warikoo
Job
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Choice
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Normalcy
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Ambition
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Contentment
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“Just because someone has a job, doesn't make them less ambitious, less capable and not cool.”
Ankur Warikoo
Job
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Ambition
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Capability
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Perception
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Value
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