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Ambitious people are all around. Do not let them take advantage of you!

Theme for the week 6/12 - 6/18: Ambition (cont'd).

The desire for more and more is dangerous.....

From the song 'I Want It All' featured in the movie 'High School Musical 3':

Don't you see that bigger is better,
And better is bigger,
A little bit is never enough.
I want it all,
The fame and the fortune and more...

https://youtu.be/b5xxSRvl5VM

"It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks behind it."
- Seneca

"Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied."
- Niccolo Machiavelli

"To want something desperately, to be tested, to feel that life will be impossible if the object of one's desires is not achieved, is always dangerous for the soul. Some people attempt to climb Everest because, as they say, it is there; others want nothing but wealth and care little how or where they collect it; others still, with less avaricious tastes - perhaps desiring nothing more than freedom from fear - are blinded by the same personal sun that shines on all human ambition. At some time or another it burns most of us."
- Bryan Forbes, International Velvet

Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ Is a Warning Against the Dangers of Ambition
http://www.studymode.com/essays/Shakespeare%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98Macbeth%E2%80%99-Is-a-Warning-Against-837995.html

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How driven are you to succeed? Do not be blinded by ambition.

From the song 'Reach For The Stars' by WILL.I.AM:

Why they say the sky is the limit,
When I've seen the footprints on the moon.
And I know the sky might be high,
But baby it ain't really that high.
And I know that mars might be far,
But baby it ain't really that far.
Let's reach for the stars.

Reach for the stars,
Let's reach for the stars.

http://youtu.be/XUUkN0Y4WH0

The movie 'Indecent Proposal' taught us that some proposals that offer assistance are not extended with love or kindness.

"Even a brick wants to be something........It aspires. Even a common, ordinary brick wants to be something more than it is.....wants to be something better than it is."
- From movie Indecent Proposal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13g9tr4JBEs

"The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise."
- Maya Angelou

We all want to succeed.....

"Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars."
- Casey Kasem's signature sign-off of on his weekend radio show “American Top 40"
http://www.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_Keep_your_feet_on_the_ground_and_keep_reaching_for_the_stars

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Ambition causes a lot of people to forget about kindness and treating others well (love). Ambitious people tend to care about their wants and desires more than the desires and feelings of others.

Do you know the connection or relationship between kindness and ambition?

We're back! Theme for the week 6/5 - 6/11: #Ambition, which follows last week topic: Kindness. Thank you for continuing to follow our updates!

From the song 'Heal The World' by Michael Jackson:

Heal the world,
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race,
There are people dying,
If you care enough
For the living,
Make a better place
For you and for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWf-eARnf6U

"In about the same degree as you are helpful, you will be happy."
- Karl Reiland

"A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses."
- Chinese Proverb

"Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves."
- James Matthew Barrie

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You are touched/affected by the kindness you extend to others.