"Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings."

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"Grace was in all her steps. Heaven in her eye. In every gesture, dignity and love."

- John Milton

Love

"Solitude sometimes is best society."

- John Milton

Self-awareness

"The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller."

- John Milton

Inspiration

"Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe."

- John Milton

Adversity

"Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light."

- John Milton

Adversity

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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

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