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“Some people may call me a nerd. I claim the label with pride.”

— Bill Gates, Share via Whatsapp

“Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground”

— Theodore Roosevelt, Share via Whatsapp

“Clear skin, a manicure, a couple dead zombies, and then fame!”

— Faith McKay, Lipstick & Zombies, Share via Whatsapp

“People with ambition don t give a damn what other people think of them.”

— Diane Setterfield, Share via Whatsapp

“You have ambition, Tané. Never apologise for that.”

— Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree, Share via Whatsapp

“When people throw stones at you, don t throw them back. Collect them all and build an empire.”

— Anonymous, Share via Whatsapp

“لا أدري لماذا حياتي صعبة هكذا. هل يحصل هذا معي لأن لدي حلمًا؟”

— Sun-mi Hwang, The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly, Share via Whatsapp

“Self-reliance and self-learning are your greatest assets.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind, Share via Whatsapp

“Love the writing, love the writing, love the writing... the rest will follow.”

— Jane Yolen, Share via Whatsapp

“Ambition is not everything. No. Not everything, but it s something. Something important, if you ask me.”

— Tiffany Quay Tyson, Three Rivers, Share via Whatsapp

“It doesn t matter how great your shoes are if you don t accomplish anything in them.”

— Martina Boone, Compulsion, Share via Whatsapp

“This is a woman whose belly is filled with pride. She has been eating nothing but her own ambition for nearly thirty years.”

— Philippa Gregory, The White Queen, Share via Whatsapp

“Politeness. Now there s a poor man s virtue if ever there was one. What s so admirable about inoffensiveness, I should like to know. After all, it s easily achieved. One needs no particular talent to be polite. On the contrary, being nice is what s left when you ve failed at everything else. People with ambition don t give a damn what other people think about them.”

— Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale, Share via Whatsapp

“Ambition is all very well, my lad, but you must cloak it.”

— Jonathan Stroud, The Amulet of Samarkand, Share via Whatsapp

“The mayor was the most dangerous of individuals. He possessed, in equal amounts, unhealthy doses of charm and ambition. He was a driven opportunist.”

— Marc Fitten, Share via Whatsapp

“Oh, it s delightful to have ambitions. I m so glad I have such a lot. And there never seems to be any end to them-- that s the best of it. Just as soon as you attain to one ambition you see another one glittering higher up still. It does make life so interesting.”

— L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Share via Whatsapp

“A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.”

— Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations, Share via Whatsapp