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Ambition is an earnest desire for achievement.
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Heroes
Ambition Hero: John
Submitted by My brother John is a hero to me. Though he is younger by three years, he set an example of unselfishness at a time in my life when I felt hopeless. It totally changed my perspective in life and I realized that it is the kindness that we show other... Read moreAmbition Hero: Dayna
Submitted by Dayna was born with a rare disease called schizencephaly. This disease has restricted her from walking and talking since she was a baby. Dayna is now 16 and has surpassed her disability beyond anyone's imagination. Her perseverance and character h... Read moreAmbition Hero: Isaias
Submitted by My hero is my brother, Isaias. Right now, he is studying at the University of Indianapolis, majoring in Sociology and International Relations. In his free time, Isaias is always going to George Washington Community School and the Christamore House... Read moreAmbition Hero: Mary
Submitted by My mother is my hero. As a child growing up she lived in a house with her difficult father, who eventually died, leaving her to raise her younger sister while her mother went to work. As a young mother in 1971 (children 4, 3 and 1) she was dia... Read moreAmbition Hero: Kezia
Submitted by Kezia is my mother. I nominate her because of the hard work she did in bringing up the ten of us. Neither she nor my dad had formal employment. She did manual work and subsistence business to ensure that we had clothing, food and school levies. Sh... Read more
Personal Stories
I Can't
Submitted by Anonymous I was the quintessential "I can't" child - the poster child for the advancement of the word "can't." Whatever my mother told or asked me to do was immediately followed by my whining, "I caaaaan't." Consequently, very few tasks or goals that I s... Read moreOn Ambition
Submitted by Rosalie Cushman It is an odd thing, to think you might have peaked in your life; to contemplate however briefly, that the very best, most productive years might be behind you. Odder still, is the acknowledgement that you simply do not operate from the same appeti... Read moreFinally Graduating
Submitted by Anonymous Years of anticipating this time has finally arrived, there were times when I thought we would never get here. We are having three graduations in one family! My daughter is graduating from 4-year college in nursing, and my son is graduating from hi... Read moreAmbition
Submitted by anita I always told my children - if you never ask, they can't tell you anything. If you do ask, they just might tell you YES! Read morePushing Forward
Submitted by Xavier Glessner Being in Hawaii, visiting my mom for the summer, I learned something from her that I took going into my senior year in high school which, helped me finish school strong. I would wake up to my mom in the mornings getting ready to go running, swimmi... Read more
AMBITION
Quotes
Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve.
Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men.
Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.
Keep away from 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.
You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.
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