Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

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""The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.""

- John D. Rockefeller

Hard Work

"The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well."

- John D. Rockefeller

Success

"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

"The major fortunes in America have been made in land."

- John D. Rockefeller

Success

"And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better."

- John D. Rockefeller

Learning

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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

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

- David Ogilvy

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