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Ambition Waiting Man

A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be.

- Steven Brust

Quote of the Day

I will perform My Heart Will Go On for the rest of my life and it will always remain a very emotional experience for me.

- Celine Dion

Other quotes by Steven Brust

Struggle Defeat End

The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest.

- Steven Brust

Running

I'd rather be running the game than playing it.

- Steven Brust

Style Will

No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will cramp his style.

- Steven Brust

Obvious Will

Every once in while, a person will do something obvious and direct that is no more than it appears to be. I think they do it to throw you off.

- Steven Brust

People

There are millions of ways for people to die, if you number each vital organ, each ways it can fail, all the poisons from the earth and the sea which can cause these failures.

- Steven Brust

Trust

To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek out danger for its own sake. Never to conform to fashion from fear of eccentricity, never to be eccentric from fear of conformity.

- Steven Brust

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A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.

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That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.

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Ambition Job

Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand.

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I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition.

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But we need to show that the EU can modernise itself, can adapt to the needs of its citizens, can take their views into account. That will be our ambition for the UK Presidency.

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