Quotes About Aspiration

And I liked Ted Burgess in a reluctant, half-admiring, half-hating way. When I was away from him I could think of him objectively as a working farmer whom no one at the Hall thought much of. But when I was with him his mere physical presence cast a spell on me, it established an ascendancy which I could not break. He was, I felt, what a man ought to be, what I should like to be when I grew up.

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune, and favor cannot satisfy him.

The ambitious deceive themselves in proposing an end to their ambition; that end, when attained, becomes a means.

Only yesterday I was full of worldly fancies, although religion had already some share in my thoughts: glory was still my daydream. Today my hopes are higher, and I covet here below nothing but obscurity and peace.

I used to walk down the street like I was a fucking star... I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be - and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth.

I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night.

I hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music - which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there's no dream that's too big.

Fantasy is often better than reality. It's much more inspiring not to go to places than to go.

Perhaps it was because, in those days, I fed my hopes of freedom in whichever way I could, without realizing that I was only hooking myself to different lures. F

Think big. Make a plan and stick to it, and you can do anything you want to do.

A dream dirty and bruised is better than no dream at all.

Dead souls dream only of death. Small dreams for small men. It is life that expands to fill worlds. Life is your master, or death is

The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around

We dreamed together of the world remade.

If there's something you want, pursue it. Hope has power. Don't waste it on foolish things.

And I suppose all the wishes come true," Minya said, sarcastic. "Of course not, silly girl," Suheyla retorted. She had not grown up in an era of optimism, but that didn't mean they'd lived without dreams. "Wishes don't just come true. They're only the target you paint around what you want. You still have to hit the bull's-eye yourself.

the lovers ... dreamed of a world that was like a jewel box without a jewel - a paradise waiting for them ... to fill it with their happiness

N)ew dreams sprout up when old ones come true, like seedlings in a forest: a new generation of wishes.

Which is what one always hopes will happen: for life to take over and be bigger and more marvelous than what we can dream up on our own.

Wasn't that what she had always wanted, to be chosen?

Wishes, for example, for things like itches.

It was impossible of course, but when did that ever stop any dreamer from dreaming?

o sonho escolhe o sonhador, e não o contrário

?yczenia nie spe?niaj? si? ot tak. To tylko kó?eczka, które malujesz wokó? tego, czego pragniesz. Trafi? do celu musisz ju? sama.