Quotes About Aspiration

Repentance is another name for aspiration.

He felt himself, and did not want to be anyone else. All he wanted now was to be better than before.

We should show life neither as it is or as it ought to be, but only as we see it in our dreams.

That's my one desire, to be caught," answered Vronsky, with his serene, good-humored smile. "If I complain of anything it's only that I'm not caught enough, to tell the truth. I begin to lose hope.

He felt he was himself and did not want to be otherwise. He only wanted to be better than he had been before.

The ideal is within you, and the obstacle to reaching this ideal is also within you. You already possess all the material from which to create your ideal self. —THOMAS CARLYLE

I'm never going to get married. I'm going to be a ballet-dancer. But don't tell anybody.

He meditated on the the use to which he should devote that power of youth which is granted to man only once in a lifetime: that force which gives man a power of making himself, or even as it seemed to him - of making the universe into anything he wishes.

A man in motion always devises an aim for that motion.

He felt himself and did not want to be anyone else. All he wanted now was to be better than he had been before.

A man can do all things if he but wills them.

Il est doux de rêver à un idéal et de le bâtir dans sa pensée. Mais c'est encore, à dire le vrai, fort peu de chose. Qu'est-ce qu'un idéal qui n'est qu'un jeu, ou mettons même un rêve très pur ? Il faut le bâtir, après cela, dans l'existence.

I would like to be a positive force for young girls.

When I was really little I would sit in the back of my dad's car when he'd be playing old-school music. He'd turn down the music and turn around and I'd be singing and know all of the words but I didn't even know how to talk. From then on I've always wanted to be a singer.

moving into bigger houses in nicer neighborhoods. The outcome

A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.

Launched from tiny ankles, their legs shot up like guided missiles into atmospheres of private height.

There is a human striving for self-transcendence. It's part of what makes us human. With all of our flaws we want to go a little bit further than we've gone before and maybe even further than anyone else has gone before.

As you cannot do what you want, Want what you can do

Once you have flown, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward for there you have been, there you long to return.

I grew up when I was 15 when I had my first opportunity in movies. I watched every great movie for a year and a half, and since then I've asked myself how I can emulate such artistry. That's really my motivation. I want to do something as good as my heroes have done.

To succeed in life one needs two things -- influence and a lucky star.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if I won a helicopter in a crossword puzzle competition? There is not much hope though I am afraid, as they never give such practical prizes.

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.