Quotes About Aspiration

I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other.

I have Immortal longings in me.

Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable.

a wild dedication of yourselves To undiscovered waters, undreamed shores.

Ambition should be made from sterner stuff.

Which dreams, indeed, are ambition, for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.

I'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall; I'll slay more gazers than the basalisks; I'll play the orator as well as Nestor, Decieve more slily that Ulysses could, And like a Sinon, take another Troy. I can add colors to the chameleon, Change shapes with Proteus for advantages And set the murderous Machiavel to school. Can I do this, and cannot get a crown? Tut! were it further off, I'll pluck it down.

Give thanks for what you are today and go on fighting for what you gone be tomorrow

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.

Viola to Duke Orsino: 'I'll do my best To woo your lady.' [Aside.] 'Yet, a barful strife! Whoe'er I woo, myself would be his wife.

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Wilt thou reach stars because they shine on thee?

Happy thou art not; for what thou hast not, still thou strivest to get; and what thou hast, forgettest.

Thoughts are but dreams till their effects be tried.

All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem (25) To have thee crowned withal.

That vulture in you to devour so many As will to greatness dedicate themselves, Finding it so inclined.

For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires:

I knew all along that the prize I had set my life on was not worth the winning.

The peace we can aspire to then is not a harmonious peace of the grave, nor a submissive peace of the slave, but a hardworking peace of the brave.

The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing

The way to achieve happiness is to try for perfection that is impossible to achieve, and spend the rest of your life trying to achieve it.

for ambition stirs imagination nearly as much as imagination excites ambition.

We cannot aspire to masterpieces. We may content ourselves with a joy ride in a paint-box. And for this Audacity is the only ticket.

Since I've written quite a number of songs for my plays, I would like to be nominated for a Grammy