Alain de Botton Quotes about Ambition

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What I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but that we should make sure that they are our own. We should focus in on our ideas and make sure that we own them, that we're truly the

What I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but that we should make sure that they are our own. We should focus in on our ideas and make sure that we own them, that we're truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it's bad enough not getting what you want, but it's even worse to have an idea of what it is you want and find out at the end of the journey that it isn't, in fact, what you wanted all along.

Alain de Botton

Giving Up, Ambition, Journey

"What's A Kinder Way To Frame Success?". Interview with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. November 1, 2013.

Envy: a confused, tangled guide to one's own ambitions.

Alain de Botton

Confused, Ambition, Envy

Twitter post from Sep 15, 2013

If it is true that love is the pursuit in another of qualities we lack in ourselves, then in our love of someone from another culture, one ambition may be to weld ourselves more closely to values missing from our own culture.

Alain de Botton

Ambition, Love Is, Missing

Alain De Botton (2008). “The Art of Travel”, p.88, Vintage