Quotes About Aspiration

In her dreams, she flies.

This country was theirs for the taking, and in the span of a single lifetime true greatness could be achieved. They spent their days at Erasmus surrounded by traces of great men who had come before, images and names, legacies etched in stone.

We all become what we pretend to be.

In the future, when Joss Whedon and I are best friends and hanging out together in my tree fort, I hope Neil Gaiman comes over too.

nothing good could come from wanting at the world.

How could I even begin? I would have more luck trying to steal the moon.

Looking at it doesn't make me happy," Jax said. "No more than looking at my dinner makes me full. I want it. I want to have it for my own.

First you set yourself to rights. And then your house. And then your corner of the sky. And after that . . .

Eso es lo que de verdad distingue a la nobleza: el convencimiento de que pueden hacer cualquier cosa, ya sea teñir pieles, herrar un caballo, manejar un torno de cerámica, arar un campo... Solo necesitan querer hacerlo.

It's a good sign when a student goes chasing the wind and catches it,

He's not upset because you didn't trust him, or that you tricked Sim. He's upset because you found out what asinine lengths he is willing to go to in order to impress a woman." He looked at me. "Is 'asinine' the right word?" I took a deep breath and let it out. "Pretty much," I admitted. "I chose it because it sounded like ass," Wil said.

I adore this adventure, I adore working with youth. For me it's a daily challenge, working to help these youths realize their dreams.

Don't ever be sorry for following your dream. Of all emotions, regret is the most futile.

I'm looking for a trophy husband, myself," said Mandi. "Yeah, but she has trouble getting them to stay up on the mantle," I said.

I had no proof that I had the stuff to be an artist, though I hungered to be one.

Not all dreams need to be realized.

The trouble with dreaming is that we eventually wake up.

I imagined a lot of things. That I would shine. That I'd be good. I'd dwell bareheaded on a summit turning a wheel that would turn the earth undetected, amongst the clouds, I would have some influence; be of some avail.

I knew if I lived long enough I would be poet laureate of something.

I reflected on the fact that no matter how good I aspired to be, I was never going to achieve perfection

Our dreams are a second life.

Not all dreams need to be realized. That was what Fred used to say. We accomplished things that no one would ever know.

It was then that I experienced the weight of sin, even a sin as small as a skater pin. I reflected on the fact that no matter how good I aspired to be, I was never going to achieve perfection.

We sometimes eclipse our own dreams with reality (p.43)