![I charge [my sons] never to let the motives of private interest or ambition to influence them to betray, nor the terrors of poverty and disgrace, or the fear of danger or of death deter them from asserting the liberty of their country, and endeavoring to transmit to their posterity those sacred rights to which themselves were born](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-charge-my-sons-never-to-let-the-motives-of-private-interest-or-ambition-to-in.jpg)
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ambition kids want
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ambition order chance
I sought excitement and, taking chances, I was all ready to fail in order to achieve something large. Raymond Loewy
ambition oil water
I'm a pessimist if I'm not careful, a feminist, a Black,...an oil-and-water combination of ambition, laziness, insecurity, certainty, and drive. Octavia Butler
ambition world humans
We now know most things that can be measured in this world, except the bounds of human ambition! Jules Verne
ambition self interesting
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ambition passion pride
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ambition moments being-true
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ambition smell sight
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ambition eye valleys
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song rain eye
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