Military ambition quite often exceeded gratitude in Gallienus's reign.

He would have to be very careful, the Master told himself, to make certain that his ambitions didn't exceed his grasp.

"The ambition exceeds the execution," I heard a drama teacher say once, and for years that was the accepted attitude.

But too frequently the dances' ambitions exceed the rather slender choreographic skills.

He was getting to the stage where ambitions nearly always exceeded his region of probable success.

The ambitions of "Forced March" consistently exceed the talents of the people who made the film.

Once again, the playwright's ambition exceeds his grasp.

The Journalist leaves, realising the Artilleryman's ambitions far exceed his abilities.

But for the first time, her ambition exceeded her abilities.

But among her critics - and there are many - a common refrain is that the councilwoman's ambitions exceed her political skills.