n.

1. 1. An eager or strong desire to achieve something, such as fame or power.
   2. The object or goal desired: Her ambition is the presidency.
2. Desire for exertion or activity; energy: had no ambition to go dancing.

[Middle English ambicioun, excessive desire for honor, power, or wealth, from Old French ambition, from Latin ambitiō, ambitiōn-, from ambitus, past participle of ambīre, to go around (for votes). See ambient.]

noun

1. A strong desire to achieve something: ambitiousness, aspiration, emulation. See desire.
2. What one intends to do or achieve: aim, design, end, goal, intent, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, point, purpose, target, view, why. Idioms: end in view, why and wherefore. See planned/unplanned, purpose/purposelessness.

n

Definition: strong desire for success
Antonyms: apathy, contentment, diffidence, humility, indifference, laziness, satisfaction

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.

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IN BRIEF: n. - A strong drive for success; A cherished desire.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quotes:

"Ambition is the last refuge of failure." - Oscar Wilde

"Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs." - Horace Walpole

"I too must attempt a way by which I can raise myself above the ground, and soar triumphant through the lips of men." - Virgil

"Where ambition ends happiness begins." - Source Unknown

"Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark Twain

"Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment. [The Root Of The Righteous]" - A. W. Tozer

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ambition, ærgerrighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
ambitie

Français (French)
n. - ambition

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ehrgeiz, Ambition

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φιλοδοξία, επιδίωξη

Italiano (Italian)
ambizione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ambição (f)

Русский (Russian)
честолюбие, стремление

Español (Spanish)
n. - ambición

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ambition, ärelystnad

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
志气, 抱负, 野心

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 志氣, 抱負, 野心

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 야망, 야심의 표적

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大望, 功名心, 野心, 野心の的
v. - 熱望する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طموح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שאיפה‬

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