Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.

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"Don’t make friends who you are comfortable with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up."

- Thomas J. Watson

Motivation

"If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work."

- Thomas J. Watson

Hard Work

"If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today."

- Thomas J. Watson

Success

"To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart."

- Thomas J. Watson

Belief in Self

"To be successful you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart."

- Thomas J. Watson

Belief in Self

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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