human ambition
Drive toward greatness
Human ambition is the drive to achieve, succeed, or surpass—the internal push toward goals, status, or accomplishment that characterizes the species.
The phrase often appears in contexts emphasizing scale or consequence: Human ambition has reshaped the planet.
It can carry admiration for striving or warning about overreach: Human ambition knows no bounds.
- career advancementProfessional upward mobility
- climbing the ladderProgressing through hierarchy
- corner officePremium workplace for leadership
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- determinationFirmness of purpose
self-discipline · drive · goal-setting · dream big · reach for the stars · fame · hunger · leadership · world domination · creativity · philanthropy · activism · influence · entrepreneurship · vision · summit · competition · self-improvement
human ambitioncomplacency
Uncritical satisfaction with oneself
resignation · passivity · apathy · inertia · stagnation
human ambitioncontentment
Peaceful satisfaction with circumstances
satisfaction · acceptance · fulfillment · gratitude · enough
human ambitionrenunciation
Formal surrender of claim
detachment · asceticism · otherworldliness · monasticism · simple living
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