Ambition
noun
A strong desire to achieve something.
Her ambition is to become a doctor.
Often appears as...
- life's ambition
- strong ambition
noun
The desire to be successful, powerful, or famous.
His ambition is to be the best in his field.
Often appears as...
- drive ambition
- burning ambition
noun
A thing that someone wants very much to achieve.
Becoming a chef is my ambition.
Often appears as...
- career ambition
- future ambition
noun
A strong desire to achieve something.
Her ambition is to become a doctor.
Often appears as...
- life's ambition
- strong ambition
noun
The desire to be successful, powerful, or famous.
His ambition is to be the best in his field.
Often appears as...
- drive ambition
- burning ambition
noun
A thing that someone wants very much to achieve.
Becoming a chef is my ambition.
Often appears as...
- career ambition
- future ambition
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Matters
Ambition implies a strong passion; it's more intense than just a casual wish.
She studies night and day out of ambition to win the scholarship.
Pro Tip 2/3Long-Term Focus
'Ambition' often refers to long-term desires or major life goals, not short-term wants.
His life's ambition was to write a novel, a dream he pursued for years.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Energy
Ambition is typically viewed as a positive trait, reflecting motivation and drive.
Her ambition made her a role model in her community.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Matters
Ambition implies a strong passion; it's more intense than just a casual wish.
She studies night and day out of ambition to win the scholarship.
Pro Tip 2/3Long-Term Focus
'Ambition' often refers to long-term desires or major life goals, not short-term wants.
His life's ambition was to write a novel, a dream he pursued for years.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Energy
Ambition is typically viewed as a positive trait, reflecting motivation and drive.
Her ambition made her a role model in her community.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Matters
Ambition implies a strong passion; it's more intense than just a casual wish.
She studies night and day out of ambition to win the scholarship.
Pro Tip 2/3Long-Term Focus
'Ambition' often refers to long-term desires or major life goals, not short-term wants.
His life's ambition was to write a novel, a dream he pursued for years.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Energy
Ambition is typically viewed as a positive trait, reflecting motivation and drive.
Her ambition made her a role model in her community.
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
films so popular that they really are the best example of Nigerians consuming what they produce? What if my roommate knew about my wonderfully ambitious hair braider, who has just started her own business selling hair extensions? Or about the millions of other Nigerians who start businesses and sometimes fail, but continue to nurse ambition?
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Photography as...
- I just love to, to document everything. I love to capture it and I think it's a good way to look back and say there was a life well lived there. I am Kevin Love. I like to say I'm a basketball player, advocate, philanthropist. My ambitions as a photographer are just to keep getting better every single day.
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Which country does the...
but you know what a psychopath is. A psychopath is a person who, unfortunately for him or her, lacks the ability to really empathize with other human beings. When they look around, they don't see other human beings with deep, rich, three-dimensional personal lives and aims and ambitions.
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Why tragedies are...
In Shakespeare's canon, we see Hamlet's indecisiveness lead to a series of bad decisions, or perhaps non-decisions, that culminate in the death of almost every character in the play, and Macbeth's ambition catapults him to the top before sending him careening to his grave.
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Jeffrey Brown: How we...
So megachurchdom was way down the road. But seriously, if you'd have said, "What is your ambition?" I would have said just to be a good pastor, to be able to be with people through all the passages of life, to preach messages that would have an everyday meaning for folks,
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Why 30 is not the new 20...
She said she thought she might like to work in art or entertainment, but she hadn't decided yet, so she'd spent the last few years waiting tables instead. Because it was cheaper, she lived with a boyfriend who displayed his temper more than his ambition.
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How to create a great...
hsbc to help the bank expand globally real words like uber and slack are ripped right out of a dictionary and suggest attributes or benefits uber literally means an outstanding example so it works well for a company with big broad bold ambitions beyond
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How the pandemic will...
You see something that helps reduce racism. And you're very passionate, and so you give to that. And, of course, some philanthropic gifts won't work out. We do need to up the ambition level of philanthropists.
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The great conspiracy...
and elevating him to important posts. Brutus was hesitant to conspire against the man who had treated him like a son, but in the end, Cassius's insistence and Brutus's own fear of Caesar's ambitions won out.
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Wolf Captured on...
the fulfillment of a lifetime ambition handsome handsome handsome dog not only two wolves catch salmon there are
Video examples
Chimamanda Ngozi...
films so popular that they really are the best example of Nigerians consuming what they produce? What if my roommate knew about my wonderfully ambitious hair braider, who has just started her own business selling hair extensions? Or about the millions of other Nigerians who start businesses and sometimes fail, but continue to nurse ambition?
Video examples
Photography as...
- I just love to, to document everything. I love to capture it and I think it's a good way to look back and say there was a life well lived there. I am Kevin Love. I like to say I'm a basketball player, advocate, philanthropist. My ambitions as a photographer are just to keep getting better every single day.
Video examples
Which country does the...
but you know what a psychopath is. A psychopath is a person who, unfortunately for him or her, lacks the ability to really empathize with other human beings. When they look around, they don't see other human beings with deep, rich, three-dimensional personal lives and aims and ambitions.
Video examples
Why tragedies are...
In Shakespeare's canon, we see Hamlet's indecisiveness lead to a series of bad decisions, or perhaps non-decisions, that culminate in the death of almost every character in the play, and Macbeth's ambition catapults him to the top before sending him careening to his grave.
Video examples
Jeffrey Brown: How we...
So megachurchdom was way down the road. But seriously, if you'd have said, "What is your ambition?" I would have said just to be a good pastor, to be able to be with people through all the passages of life, to preach messages that would have an everyday meaning for folks,
Video examples
Why 30 is not the new 20...
She said she thought she might like to work in art or entertainment, but she hadn't decided yet, so she'd spent the last few years waiting tables instead. Because it was cheaper, she lived with a boyfriend who displayed his temper more than his ambition.
Video examples
How to create a great...
hsbc to help the bank expand globally real words like uber and slack are ripped right out of a dictionary and suggest attributes or benefits uber literally means an outstanding example so it works well for a company with big broad bold ambitions beyond
Video examples
How the pandemic will...
You see something that helps reduce racism. And you're very passionate, and so you give to that. And, of course, some philanthropic gifts won't work out. We do need to up the ambition level of philanthropists.
Video examples
The great conspiracy...
and elevating him to important posts. Brutus was hesitant to conspire against the man who had treated him like a son, but in the end, Cassius's insistence and Brutus's own fear of Caesar's ambitions won out.
Video examples
Wolf Captured on...
the fulfillment of a lifetime ambition handsome handsome handsome dog not only two wolves catch salmon there are
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Quote examples
Jameela Jamil
English Celebrity
Something I can't stress enough is the massive importance of work experience. It's the only way to find out what work is really like when you're figuring out what path to take and to get an understanding of what it takes to achieve your career ambitions.
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Toni Kroos
German Athlete
When you have been working so hard to reach a specific goal and then you realise that ambition, it's not always easy to raise yourself for another objective.
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Lady Gaga
American Singer
I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American Poet
Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
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Venus Williams
American Tennis Player
My ambition is to enjoy my life and to do exactly what I want to do. And I'll do that. I will be free.
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Margherita Missoni
Italian Designer
My ambitions are less important than my well-being. My children come first.
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Carl Sagan
American Scientist
The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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Stephanie Winston Wolkoff
American Designer
I have ambition and drive, and I'm passionate about the fashion industry.
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Marco Asensio
Spanish Athlete
I admire Cristiano's ambition and his goal-scoring touch.
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Peter Ustinov
English Actor
The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us.
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Jameela Jamil
English Celebrity
Something I can't stress enough is the massive importance of work experience. It's the only way to find out what work is really like when you're figuring out what path to take and to get an understanding of what it takes to achieve your career ambitions.
Quote examples
Toni Kroos
German Athlete
When you have been working so hard to reach a specific goal and then you realise that ambition, it's not always easy to raise yourself for another objective.
Quote examples
Lady Gaga
American Singer
I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.
Quote examples
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American Poet
Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
Quote examples
Venus Williams
American Tennis Player
My ambition is to enjoy my life and to do exactly what I want to do. And I'll do that. I will be free.
Quote examples
Margherita Missoni
Italian Designer
My ambitions are less important than my well-being. My children come first.
Quote examples
Carl Sagan
American Scientist
The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
Quote examples
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff
American Designer
I have ambition and drive, and I'm passionate about the fashion industry.
Quote examples
Marco Asensio
Spanish Athlete
I admire Cristiano's ambition and his goal-scoring touch.
Quote examples
Peter Ustinov
English Actor
The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us.
Example 1 of 10
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