I am an ambitious person, but I am not ambitious in the sense that I want jobs only for the sake of them... I am here to do things I think are worthwhile. I am always careful that the political positions I take are consistent with good policy. I would not want to be prime minister of Australia at any price.
Interpretation
Ambition should be aligned with purpose and values rather than pursued for status alone.
Malcolm Turnbull emphasizes that true ambition is not about striving for positions or titles, but about identifying and pursuing initiatives that are significant and beneficial to society. He believes in the importance of aligning one's ambitions with principles of good governance and policy, suggesting that he would not want to hold a position like prime minister for the sake of power, but rather to contribute meaningfully to the country.
In practice
This quote can inspire leaders in a conference to focus on purpose-driven leadership.
Let us be honest with each other. The threat to marriage is not the gays. It is a lack of loving commitment - whether it is found in the form of neglect, indifference, cruelty or adultery, to name just a few manifestations of the loveless desert in which too many marriages come to grief.
What you've got to do is recognize that you don't control everything for a start, you've got to play the cards you're dealt, the hand of cards you're dealt, as best you can, and that's what I always seek to do.
The question of whether or to what extent human activities are causing global warming is not a matter of ideology, let alone of belief. The issue is simply one of risk management.
It is our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them, and have the honesty to say to people, 'There are no easy solutions here.'
Therefore the skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field.
The art of those who govern consists above all in the science of employing words.
Loyalty is very important when things get a little tough, as they often do when the challenge is great. Loyalty is a powerful force in producing one's individual best and more so in producing a team's best.
Many people in management are being paid to produce waste.
Trying to be a leader in a sort of very atypical workplace like 'Saturday Night Live' forces you to realize that no one wants you to be their leader. If you can help them get their thing on TV or whatever, they want that. But no adult is looking for a role model.
I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.
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