ambition

I know what I want. I will pursue it with all heart.

What needs to be done must be done. With grace, it will be done.

You are learner. With diligent practice, you will be an expert.

Nothing can replace confidence and single-minded pursuit of purpose.

By the power of the Holy Spirit, we can do what needs to be done.

Daring a greater life is a divine act.

As long as we dare dream, we can occupy new land.

We aim for the higher calling of God.

The world of possibility exists in everyday life.

Imagination is a reality.

The journey of the sun and moon is predictable. But yours, is your ultimate art.

With persistent focus, commitment and enthusiasm, your dream will be reality.

You have to conquer every mountain to realize the dream.

In my terms, I settled for the realities of life, and submitted to its necessities: if this, then that, and so the years passed. In Adrian's terms, I gave up on life, gave up on examining it, took it as it came. And so, for the first time, I began to feel a more general remorse - a feeling somewhere between self-pity and self-hatred - about my whole life. All of it. I had lost the friends of my youth. I had lost the love of my wife. I had abandoned the ambitions I had entertained. I had wanted life not to bother me too much, and had succeeded - and how pitiful that was.

It might come a time to not follow your passion, so to speak, although it must be prioritized. It may be the case that your passion will serve as the medic, your peace of mind, alongside a higher calling, with your higher calling being the point man.

Already a congressman, to a mentor "I hope sometime you run across something you think I can do well 24 hours per day.

Do not get lost in the flow of reality.

Find your purpose and passionately live it.