We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community...Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Personal success is incomplete without community prosperity. Ambitions must include the needs of others to be truly meaningful.
- In plain terms
- Don't just seek your own success; ensure your community prospers too.
- What can you take from it?
- True ambition includes the welfare of the broader community, not just the self.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you define success for others?
- When does personal ambition harm the community?
Another view
Balancing personal and community goals can be logistically difficult.
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