Speech On Ambition

Ambition is the desire for something and the determination to achieve that desire. Ambition can be classified in two different ways. The first, positive ambition, can be summed up as the desire to get better as a human. There are so many problems that can occur during a human's life on earth and through positive ambition one can help themselves overcome their problems. For instance if you take the situation of an individual with cancer. A majority of successful survivors of cancer have the desire to get back to normal health. To accomplish this the patients must go through a lot of pain and struggle but positive ambition can help them push through. The second classification of ambition is negative ambition. Negative ambition can be summed up as having the desire for something and the determination to achieve it but often at the personal loss of others. Many examples include murdering for a gain of power, lying to improve your wealth, or stealing to improve your lifestyle. These people all have the characteristics of ambition but are using their ambition at the cost of others. They are using their ambition for gain while taking from others.

Salvador Dali once said, “Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.”, meaning that without ambition the world would never progress. Ambition is “a strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work”(Google Dictionary). Ambition is what has made the world what it is today, whether that be a good thing or bad. People all around the world have ambitions, hopes, and dreams for the future; to give their family a better life in a new country, to get a promotion, to get straight A’s. Ambition gave women and people of color a right to vote, and same sex marriage. While ambition is intr to change, it's not always a good thing. It can cause the conceding of others and their own core values. Many characters in the novel Mississippi Trial, 1955 by Christopher E. Crowe are ambitious, but in the end, only a few characters ambition results in good. Throughout the novel the ambitions of Earl, Harlan, and Hiram all intertwine

When the desire to achieve is greater than the foregone conclusion people begin to risk what they usually would not. Ambition is defined as a strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work. In both Shakespeare's Macbeth and Jon krakauer's Into Thin Air ambition is what drives characters to achieve and to ignore consequences

Human beings are a species that is full of ambition. Ambition is the key leading to success. The ambition motivates people to reach the pinnacle of victory, towards the value of the whole community and desires for bigger things, better things with a strong impulse. That is legitimate desire as well as aspirations. On the other hands, if human ambition is always running without destination and the target is too abstract and not in a suitable situation, it will be difficult to achieve or impossible.

“Meyer Wolfsheim’s enterprising ways to make money are criminal; Jordan Baker’s attempts at sporting fame lead her to cheating; and the Buchanans’ thirst for the good life victimizes others to the point of murder.” (“The Great Gatsby” 73) All of these people are willing to do whatever it takes to reach the American Dream; this includes things such as stealing and cheating. The American Dream is “of self-made wealth and happiness, the spirit of youth and resourcefulness, and the ability to make something of one’s self despite one’s origins.” (“The Great Gatsby” 72)

Determination, to strive for what you want along life’s path, which is Achievement. Lorraine Hansberry’s book A Raisin in the Sun Both”,

Pressures on society to live the dream can make feelings of low self-worth and turn into pushing people to go further to achieve by any means necessary. The American Dream does not only represent honesty and truth. It has not been uncommon for big CEO’s of companies to lie, cheat and steal to achieve their “American Dream”. This has been common throughout our history of economics. As society grows, wealth is the common denominator for success, and one starts to look up to these people at the top of the ladder to have achieved the dream. These people, who are anything but ethical, are the ones who influence society as what it takes to achieve and live the dream. "He's the man who fixed the World Series back in 1919" (The Great Gatsby, page 78). The dream became so focused on money that any means of a obtaining it were condoned, even if it were unscrupulous. Result of American dream being corrupted is that the motivation and ambition were gone and the dream is left with the pursuit of an empty goal. Ignorance and the ideal of looking out for oneself are prevalent; where as in the pure American Dream striving to accomplish ones' own personal goal is ones main focus. One should use the American Dream for motivation and hope that one can achieve ones personal goal. The American Dream should not

I want to thank everybody who helped make the Open House and Career Fair a success. Starting with Ms. Rouscher and her students, Ms. Perkins and the ambassadors, Ms. Hargrove, Mr. Proferes and his students, Ms. Kitchen and her crew, Ms. Rassel, Mr. Driver, Ms. May, Ms. Collins and the custodians. Please forgive me if I missed anyone.

There is a driving force behind nearly everything we do in our daily lives. From waking up in the morning, getting some work done, to running in the afternoon, there is one force behind it all; it is even what helped land a man on the moon. Ambition is something that motivates every person to succeed and accomplish what they desire. It is what got me to apply to be in this class every year of high school. We, as people, often see ambition as a very positive characteristic that everybody should have but, but Shakespeare thought differently in Julius Caesar.

Ambitions are dreams that strive people to accomplish their goals. Whether these dreams are for the benefit of others or the benefit of themselves, they vary from person to person. For example, for the money-hungry people, their ambition lies within themselves and their advancement, whereas the leader of a country work for the betterment of the nation as a whole. In A Raisin in the Sun, each of the characters has their own aspirations. In particular, Walter Lee Younger is a man who hopes to advance his family’s social status while providing for his family. Similarly, my aspiration is to improve my social status, to be better than those I am surrounded with. Thus, in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, Walter Lee Younger’s dream of advancing the social ladder is similar to my dream of achieving the American Dream.

As humans, we seek to fulfill our purpose in life as we strive to achieve our goals. Similarly, we use our passion towards life and our diligent work ethic to push towards a future filled with achievements. However, what fuels our every desire to progress is “ambition”, for in fact, “Ambition” embodies a perception filled with motivation and the appetite necessary to rise up above the rest, and work to acquire perfection.

Growing up, children are often told the common phrase, “If at first, you don't succeed try, try, again…” (W.C. Fields). This is used to teach children to never give up, a way to ensure that they can triumph over adversity and grow upon their grit. Although, people usually forget the second part of that quote, “…Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.” (W.C. Fields). The second half of the quote is a full contrast to the first half, this is telling children to give up and just stop trying. Those who give up are often thought of having no grit. Some wonder if grit is necessary for society, to be more specific if grit is something that should be taught in school, I feel that it should not. Students switch interests so often that it is hard for them to stick with the same interests as time passes. When a student is enthused about a subject, I see grit as a way for one to express their interests. When one’s passion is put to the test and it feels like there is no progress or no more enjoyment left in that passion is when true grit is shown. Those who support the idea of grit, like Angela Duckworth, believe that grit is a big factor in how one succeeds.

The American Dream is surely based on the concept of “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” but it is above all, a matter of ambition. James Truslow Adams, an American writer and historian, in 1931 states: "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement”, which not only points towards a better standard of living for Americans but also denounces a degree of greed in the US society. Ambition not only “killed the cat” but killed relationships as well in texts like Sister Carrie and Death of a Salesman. While the American Dream was supposed to be a collective success at its initial stage, ambition, along with a pinch of greed and materialism were perfect ingredients

Integrity, as we all may know,is not a joke. Something many people take very seriously. I would hope you all would know the definition of integrity, if not I guess it would be helpful to tell you. Integrity in the internet's perspective is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness, the state of being whole and undivided. In my Perspective Integrity is being able to be honest and true, to not just yourself but everyone that's in your surroundings as well. There is another version of integrity and that is self-Integrity which is known as the process of knowing your self, a process of self-sought but never completed. Honesty is the state imposed by others, which is somewhat connected to self-integrity. Integrity is how a person will live their life however they please. In this crazy thing we call life, we tend to face many choices every single day that not only can we personally answer but everyone can answer as well. Integrity is doing the right thing versus the wrong thing, and I am not saying that any of the definitions are incorrect, but what I am portraying is that everybody's definition is different, and will always be different.

Poverty is the most important problem around world, poverty in anywhere. It makes some of people live terribly fatigued, they usual have to work harder than others and just get little pay. In addition, people who live in poverty they have no education. They have no opportunity to get educate, and it makes them get into deep water and have no ideas to change the situation. That why we have to solve it make the world better. We can give them financial aid and free education.