That formidable force that makes one believe that
one needs what one usually only desires; that mind-set that is
really more of an entity that sits on ones shoulder, and
relentlessly screams “further, further”; that asset that makes
those who are not zealous, jealous... That is ambition.
Ambition has been the backbone of every army!
Through those great ancient Egyptian wars, through Persia, through
Hastings, through Waterloo, through the native American/greedy
colonist battles, through the world-wars, through the Balkans, and
through every other great conflict that has ever existed but that I
am unable to cite, each party was blessed by pure and passionate
ambition...ambition to win at whatever cost necessary. Surely only
the collective force of ambition found in a battle is liable to
cause as much suffering and damage as has been caused by all battles
that have ever been lost or won? Even the weakest, most injured
warrior who persevered has been touched not by insanity, but by raw
ambition, and even the most perturbed and exasperated warlord is
supported not by his schemes, but by the ambition to realize them.
Ambition is the ultimate wonder of the world!
Ambition made all seven of them and more...shouldn’t it be
regarded as their veritable (no matter how intangible) superior?
From the conception to the design to the construction to the
completion, ambition was the proverbial foreman, as once again we
see that collective zeal create a phenomenon...thus...
Ambition is the source of all that is good and
all that is evil! It makes the wonders and it makes the wars.
Ambition is the winner and loser of every game!
Every footballer, every chess player, every marathon runner, every
duck-legged Olympic walker smells of fervor which seeps from the
pores of their ambition.
When years of dedication pass the baton to
ambition, there is a sage to be reckoned with. One only wonders why
in spite of the eternal paradoxical query “what would happen if an
irresistible force met with an irresistible force?”, someone
always has to lose?
Ambition makes you healthy, wealthy, and wise!
Doesn’t it? Observe this immortal quotation of Henry Ford:
"Whether you think you can or you think you cannot, you are
right"
The truth he successfully conveys is that we are
the scribes of our own destiny. It is ambition that makes us think
we can be successful, and lack of ambition that makes us think we
cannot. Ambition and Luck are both archenemies and best of friends.
Ambition is a pain in the neck! It is the finger
that sets the alarm for 8am, the fingers that turn the cold key of
the cold car on a cold, cold morning. It compels us to do what
we’d really rather put off until tomorrow, it slaps the wrist of
apathy.
Ambition is the sole witness at the sepulture of
the "unsuccessful at everything". You see, ambitious tears
only fall from a fountain of youth- so they'll kiss the piled soil,
make it wet, and whisper with complacence, "i made you
successful at being unsuccessful". Because ambition never likes
to give in.
Ambition is the final book of every author, the
final page of every book, the final word of the final page, and the
final letter in the final war
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