Quotes From 'Ambition' By Alonzo Cheyne

-It looks like we’ll win with only a minute left to play; it’s all over bar the shouting. (Virtually decided/ practically/ effectively/ essentially/ fundamentally/ almost/ nearly/ for all intents and purposes)

"I once wished to be a writer, sir," I replied tremulously, but refrained from telling him of my father's opinion of the profession. Ambition—a purer ambition than I had known for years—leaped within me at his words. He, Alonzo Cheyne, had detected in me the Promethean fire! (Prometheus became a figure who represented human striving, particularly the quest for scientific knowledge, and the risk of overreaching or unintended consequences {Wikipedia}/ vaulting ambition/ drive/ determination/ motivation/ desire/ spirit/ goal/ aspiration/

May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.

{Proverbs/ quotes}
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. Moreover, if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them. {Dalai Lama}
The purpose of our lives is to be happy. {Dalai Lama}
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. {William Shakespeare}
The purpose of life is a life of purpose. {Robert Byrne}

True happiness…is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. {Helen Keller}
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, “Where’s the self-help section?” ”he said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose {George Carlin}

Success demands singleness of purpose {Vince Lombardi}

With me, poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion {Edgar Allan Poe}

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it {Johann Wolfgang von Goethe}

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants {Johann Wolfgang von Goethe}

Any idea, plan or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought {Napoleon Hill}

(the view held that any order or condition that is popular or fashionable is therefore also correct, acceptable and good-sense/ is now dictating acceptable behaviour, culture and what is sensible/ correctness/ universal truth/ a truth universally acknowledged/ reasonable/ valid/ sound/ perfect) {Collins Quotations}

-“We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” {Du Bois, the souls of Black Folk} (That which is considered to be the supreme reality and to have the ultimate meaning and value of existence/ conformity to fact or actuality/ a statement proven to be or accepted as true/ sincerity/ integrity/ fidelity to an original or standard/ fact/ certainty/ reality/ actuality/ veracity/ verity/ accuracy/ cast-iron/ exactness/ correctness)
~ If you lie and then tell the truth, the truth will be considered a lie. {Ancient Sumerian proverb}
~ Germany can afford the bill, and truth be told, despite what some German officials imply, Germany benefits mightily from the euro.{Cape