Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals.

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"Where people aren’t having fun, they seldom produce good work."

- David Ogilvy

Motivation

"If you are both killer and poet, you get rich."

- David Ogilvy

Success

"If it doesn’t sell; it isn’t creative."

- David Ogilvy

Creativity

"Leaders grasp nettles."

- David Ogilvy

Leadership

"Make sure you have a vice president in charge of your revolution, to engender ferment among your more conventional colleagues."

- David Ogilvy

Leadership

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"What a wonderful time to be young! You have knowledge of many more things than we needed to have. It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours — better in many ways! I have faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it!"

- President Boyd K. Packer

Ambition

"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."

- Mark Twain

Ambition

"No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed."

- Billie Jean King

Ambition

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."

- Michael Jordan

Ambition

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."

- Henry David Thoreau

Ambition