Quotes About Aspiration

Nearly every person you meet is aiming at a situation in which he will be exempted from the drudgery of laboring with his hands. We cannot all become "lords" and "gentlemen.

Father, in spite of all this spending of money in learning Latin, I will be a painter.

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.

If you can dream it, you can become it.

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

Most of us are "living the dream" living, that is, the dream we once had for ourselves.

a grand goal in living is the first component of a philosophy of life.

Vay haline, bilmemesi gerekeni bilmek isteyenin ve gücünü aÅŸan bir iÅŸe giriÅŸen gözüpek kiÅŸinin.

The essence of civilization is that men should come to be led more by hope and ambition and example and less by fear.

The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist.

To a Bonaparte it represents what Jacob Astor meant when he said, "The first hundred thousand dollars are the most difficult." It is the beginning, the possibility of a fortune, not a fortune itself. With it, Bonaparte, the greedy little soldier, could go to Paris and begin the story.

What is called "innovation" usually represents a new Dream.

In dreams begin responsibility.

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.

In dreams begins responsibility.

But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I lay them at your feet. Tread lightly, for you tread on my dreams.

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams

Lui qui aurait voulu pouvoir offrir le ciel Si je pouvais t'offrir le bleu secret du ciel Brodé de lumière d'or et de reflets d'argents Le mystérieux secret, le secret éternel De la nuit et du jour, de la vie et du temps Avec tout mon amour je le mettrais à tes pieds Mais tu sais je suis pauvre et je n'ai que mes rêves Alors c'est de mes rêves qu'il faut te contenter Marche doucement, car tu marches sur mes rêves

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet ; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Se avessi il drappo ricamato del cielo, Intessuto dell'oro e dell'argento e della luce, I drappi dai colori chiari e scuri del giorno e della notte Dai mezzi colori dell'alba e del tramonto, Stenderei quei drappi sotto i tuoi piedi: Invece, essendo povero, ho soltanto sogni; E i miei sogni ho steso sotto i tuoi piedi; Cammina leggera, perché cammini sui miei sogni.

Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Everything I've never done, I want to do with you.

Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream.

If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one...