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That formidable force that makes one believe that one needs what one usually only desires that mind-set that is authentically 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 opposition. opposition has been the backbone of for each army Through those great ancient Egyptian wars, with 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. sure enough 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 insan ity, but by raw ambition, and even the most perturbed and exasperated warlord is supported not by his schemes, but by the ambition to realise them.Ambition is the ultimate wonder of the world Ambition made all seven of them and more...shouldnt 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 fervour which seeps from the pores of their ambition.When years of dedication pass the baton to ambition, thither is a sage to be reckoned with. One only wonders why in spite of the eternal paradoxical query what would happen if an resistless force met with an irresistible force?, someone always has to lose?Ambition makes you healthy, wealthy, and wise Doesnt 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.