Quotes About Aspirations

When I look at my longterm goals for the rest of my life, there are so many things other than performing that make me happy.

There's no time for boys in my life right now.

False principles, which correspond with the bad as well as with the just aspirations of mankind, are a normal and necessary element in the social life of nations.

Find Your Strengths and Interests

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.

For many Americans, race is an important part of their identity. It affects how they view themselves, their aspirations, and their communities.

Both the United States and the Soviet Union had been born in revolution. Both embraced ideologies with global aspirations: what worked at home, their leaders assumed, would also do so for the rest of the world.

Champions have personal aspirations," I said. "To realize those aspirations, they need to differentiate themselves within the organization. One way to do that is to solve notable business problems. It's a way for them to obtain a personal win by being recognized for their efforts and showing their added value to the company.

Oh, must we dream our dreams and have them, too? And have we room for one more folded sunset, still quite warm?

longed to change herself — not to earn the approval of her betters, but to satisfy her longings for a sight of what lay beyond the present confines of her life. She was not silly enough to dream of becoming a lady. A girl did not become a lady, she was born to be one. But Mary did hope most fervently to own two dresses, a bed, a place she could go to and be alone, and to be able to read a whole book without difficulty.

I don't exactly know who I thought I'd be by now, but I know I'm not that person.

I've got lots of ambitions, but I only ever think of them when I'm lying around in my undies having a snooze.

such are the dreams of youth, too gloriously stupid to realise what cannot be done. And without those dreams, how should we ever accomplish the impossible?

I'd dressed up and hoped and I was so tired of doing that, so tired of dreaming and being unable to stop it despite the fact that I'd seen, maybe better than anyone here, what dreams could do to you.

She had recently, though, had fantasies of what they called "going normal.

Please do not misunderstand me," he once told Wilson. "We too came into the world with the noble instincts and the lofty aspirations which you express so often and so eloquently. We have become what we are because we have been shaped by the rough hand of the world in which we have to live and we have survived only because we are a tough bunch.

The roots of a future war were planted that fateful spring; Wilson's failure to support Japan's highest aspirations would end with bombs dropped on Pearl Harbor.

Een droom dat je niet toetst, wordt een desillusie

I would have loved to do 'Alice in Wonderland.' Being a 'Bond' girl would always be fun. We had a lot of action in 'Eclipse' and I'd definitely like to continue down the action road. I want to do a romantic period piece, but those are really hard to get made because they're very expensive and there's not a huge demographic.

Se os seus sonhos são pequenos, a sua visão será pequena, as suas metas serão limitadas, os seus alvos serão diminutos, a sua estrada será estreita, a sua capacidade de suportar as tormentas será frágil.

The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations.

Ideals may tell us something important about what we would like to be. But compromises tell us who we are.

In this age, women like Khaled and Bouhired would certainly be called terrorists. But in the 1960s and 1970s, their popular appeal reflected a worldview that was more understanding of armed struggle. Such opposition, in those years, was seen as an expression of legitimate political aspirations—a symptom of asymmetrical conflict rather than evil ideology.

In order to design successful habits and change your behaviors, you should do three things. Stop judging yourself. Take your aspirations and break them down into tiny behaviors. Embrace mistakes as discoveries and use them to move forward.