Ambition is a strong desire to propel one to final success in career or other meaningful endeavors.Just like Epstein has artistically put it,“And as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed”,ambition renders motivational support for an individual and leads him or her to the real meaning of life. Therefore, I cannot agree more with him in regard to what ambition is and how it functions in one’s life.

志向是推动一个人在事业或者其他有意义的事情能够最终成功的强烈意志。就像爱普斯坦说的，“而当我们决定和选择时，我们的生活得以形成”。野心能够激起个人对他们人生真意的探寻动力。因此，关于他说的雄心壮志是什么和对一个人的作用，我非常赞同。

Like the pole star, ambition remains steady and ever bright over one’s life horizon. There is only one secret for success, that is, to go in the direction your goal calls you towards the destination. It is ambition that serves as the guiding principle for a life experience. Without ambition to strive for, we would be justified to remain idle all year round as long as we are fed and keep alive. For instance,a student who dreams of being a political leader appears active in students’ union and extracurricular activities. He works hard, though no one asks him to, at sociology, psychology, law and so on, those sciences highly expected of a politician. It is his ambition that drives him to study hard and take the most advantage of his time at school. So by exercising his ambition at school, he is paving his way for the future. In contrast, poor-performance students are often those without a clear-cut vision for their future. That is why helping students with goal setting are supposed to be a task for all educational practitioners.

意志就像北极星一样坚定地照耀在你人生的地平线上。成功的秘诀只有一个，那就是朝着你的目的地的方向前进。雄心壮志是人生阅历的引导准则。没有雄心壮志，我们可能只是整年都空虚地活着，只进食。例如，一个梦想成为政治领袖的学生会积极地参加学生会和课外活动。他努力学习社会学，心理学和法律等等，尽管没人叫他这么做，这都是成为政治家必要的学科。他在学校雄心勃勃，为自己的未来铺路。与之相反，表现差的学生通常都对自己的未来没有清晰地认识。这就是教育家制定目标设定测试的目的。

As a conclusion, ambition more often than not acts as strong motivation and orientation for a person’s ultimate dream. With it or without it, our life will be formed accordingly. So for a more fruitful end of our life in this world, we all should think and rethink about our ambition.