Sentence examples for false ambition from inspiring English sources

"But as we grew more conscious, we realized it was a false ambition".

Mr. Black asked God to "eradicate false ambition," "remove distracting priorities from the minds of our senators," and "guide the supercommittee in its challenging work".

BALTASAR GRACIAN False ambition serves the neck.

Somewhere we can even sense a certain envy of those who have shed all false ambitions and found a deeper fulfillment in their relationship with God.

Kaiser Chiefs never hid behind false morals where ambition was concerned; singer Ricky Wilson once memorably avowed that he would "wank off a tramp for success".

If I increasingly believe that in one's career, in one's family life, in one's interests, it is the seeing and taking of opportunities that matters so much more than the plans, the dreams, the (Lord preserve us) KPIs, that are fueled by the false god of ambition, so it appears to me in cricket too.

There's no cynical blend of ambition and false sincerity in her success, just a deep and consistent desire to give people hope.

All reject the rhetoric of modern feminism, which they hear as shrill self-pity mingled with a false portrayal of feminine ambition.

It comprised the third volume of Fielding's scattered writings known as Miscellanies, largely devoted to the themes of grandiose ambition and false greatness.

While the rumour was later proven false, Conroy's strong ambition may have stemmed from this self-perceived connection to the aristocracy.

The original 1970s project was subject to a similarly troubled catalogue of false starts and thwarted ambitions, as successive presidents and mayors each cancelled the work of their predecessors.