Ambition is often rooted in a distorted sense of how others ... - Charles Cooley

"Ambition is often rooted in a distorted sense of how others perceive our importance."

Charles Cooley Success

Sociologist American 1864–1929

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"I am not who you think I am; I am not who I think I am; I am who I think you think I am."

"The looking-glass self is the sum of the impressions of how we appear to others."

"We live in the mind, in ideas, in imagination."

"Society is a relation among individuals."

"Success comes to those who never give up."

"Success is measured by happiness, not money."

"You make your own luck in this world."

"You have to be organized to be successful in anything."