"It is ordained that to the ambitious, who derive no satisfaction from the gifts of life and the beauty of the world, life shall be a cause of suffering, and they shall possess neither the profit nor the beauty of the world."

-- Leonardo da Vinci

#Ambition Quotes #Suffering Quotes #Ambitious Quotes

“Like people, plants respond to extra attention.”
“I'm not trying to uncover the facts of my life but to discover the dramatic truth of the situations I was in.”
“It is most heartening to learn that young men and women, in their late teens and twenties, are increasingly attracted to meditative prayer in the Presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. May all the faithful find in the Eucharist their source of strength and courage to imitate our Lady, totally open to his will in their daily lives. It is my hope that this devotion to Jesus in the Eucharist will spread to more and more parishes and dioceses across our nation.”
“We are only intelligent by our own measures”
“At university, I used to write silly little sketches and monologues, but never fiction.”
“There is no vice which humankind carries to such wild extremes as that of avarice.”
“The worst thing about the miracle of modern communications is the Pavlovian pressure it places upon everyone to communicate whenever a bell rings.”
“There is a possibility that your ability as a player may well be analysed by future generations on your one day statistics. That's the day I dread most.”

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