“It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel towards our distant goal.” (Helen Keller)
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In Your Own Words…
In your own words, what is the main idea or theme expressed in the above quote by the American author and disability rights advocate Helen Keller, and what does this meaning have to do with acting wisely or being successful in life?
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” (Albert Einstein)
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Getting Personal
If you want to achieve a goal, it helps to be ambitious. Have you ever been ambitious about achieving a goal? What was the goal and what demonstrated your ambition to achieve it?
Was your ambition, by itself, enough to get you to reach your goal? If not, what else was necessary?
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Quotation AI Assistant
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INSIGHTS for SUCCESS
“Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.” (Bill Bradley)
“Ambition is enthusiasm with a purpose.” (Frank Tyger)
“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work, one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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