Quotes About Aspiration

I always knew I wanted to make my own way; I never wanted to be dependent on my father.

My father, who grew up picking olives on the Greek island of Lesbos, was a doctor. So my family expected me to become a physician.

I've been very blessed. My parents always told me I could be anything I wanted. When you grow up in a household like that, you learn to believe in yourself.

My father was something of a rainbow-chaser.

My parents had chosen the medical profession for me. I even studied a few semesters at St Xavier's College, but at the back of my mind, I always wanted to be a musician like my father.

My father always said, 'Malala will be free as a bird.'

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

I don't want to be mediocre, this is the fear of my soul and my body.

I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free.

In order to overcome fear, your dream must become bigger than fear.

Let me fall. Let me climb. There's a moment where fear and dream must collide.

Every fear hides a wish.

It's the fear of not being as good as you want to be. If you give over to that fear, it will sabotage you. As much as I can, I try to use that fear to guide me.

I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true.

When the wish and the fear are exactly the same, we call the dream a nightmare.

Fear of failure is always a driver but the thirst for more is a good one too... So I think you need a little bit of both.

When we fear things I think that we wish for them ... every fear hides a wish

I would really, really, really like to be a legend like Madonna. Madonna knows what to do next, and when she's performing, the audience is just in awe of her.

Still humping the American Dream

It's important to only think about what you desire, not what you fear.

Sometimes people have to remind you to aim high. Most of us are afraid of aiming high for fear of failure and our biggest failure is that we aim too low.

I tell kids to have dreams, have goals, and believe in them because if you have any doubt, worry or fear, it will choke the life out of your dreams and goals.

If your dream doesn't scare you, it's not big enough.

Life is not about what you couldn't do so far. Its about what you still can.