I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

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"He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope has everything."

- Thomas Carlyle

Hope

"and he who has hope, has everything."

- Thomas Carlyle

Hope

"The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none."

- Thomas Carlyle

Self-awareness

"The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none."

- Thomas Carlyle

Self-awareness

"The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently but the courage to live like a man."

- Thomas Carlyle

Courage

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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