My mother said to me, ‘If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.’ Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.

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"Love is the greatest refreshment in life."

- Pablo Picasso

Love

"Youth has no age."

- Pablo Picasso

Awareness

"I’d like to live like a poor man – only with lots of money."

- Pablo Picasso

Happiness

"What one does is what counts. Not what one had the intention of doing."

- Pablo Picasso

Integrity

"We don’t grow older, we grow riper."

- Pablo Picasso

Personal Growth

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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