<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Ambition without gratitude becomes a machine that... > Ambition without gratitude becomes a machine that can recognize only defects. Gratitude without ambition can become passive contentment; maturity allows appreciation and improvement to operate together. One faculty finds the unfinished work while the other remembers why the work is worth finishing. **Source:** [[livestreams/Gratitude Non Sequiturs — Redirecting Complaint Through Negativity Judo - Workbook|Gratitude Non Sequiturs — Redirecting Complaint Through Negativity Judo]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Ambition without gratitude becomes a machine that can recognize only defects. Gratitude without ambition can become passive contentment; maturity allows appreciation and improvement to operate together. One faculty finds the unfinished work while the other remembers why the work is worth finishing.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-ambition-without-gratitude-work-worth-finishing ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->