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"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"

- Cesar Chavez

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This quote by Cesar Chavez stresses the value of looking beyond our very own individual ambitions as well as pursuing progression and prosperity for our whole neighborhood. He is recommending that our ambitions need to be wide sufficient to incorporate the ambitions and requirements of others, not just our very own. He is emphasizing the relevance of cumulative action and also the idea that we are all linked and also our specific successes are intertwined with the successes of our neighborhood. He is suggesting that we ought to not be so concentrated on our own private achievements that we forget about the progress as well as prosperity of our neighborhood. He is emphasizing the importance of cumulative action and also the suggestion that we are all attached and also our individual successes are linked with the successes of our community. He is suggesting that we need to aim to develop a far better future for every person, not just ourselves. By doing so, we can produce a better world for ourselves and also for others.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Cesar Chavez between March 31, 1927 and April 23, 1993. He/she was a famous Activist from USA. The author also have 14 other quotes.

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