Quotes About Aspiration

Cornerstone No. 3 is the Mortality Theory, which states: Given that your time on earth is limited, it makes good sense to aim high and move fast.

I don't want to stand on the shoulders of giants." He paused, then lifted his own shoulders a little, as if acknowledging that he was giving voice to the sort of thought rarely spoken aloud. "I want to be a giant.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp.

Life is never easy for those who dream.

She wore ribbons in her black hair and clung to her dreams

Not much happens without a dream. And for something great to happen, there must be a great dream. Behind every great achievement is a dreamer of great dreams. Much more than a dreamer is required to bring it to reality; but the dream must be there first.

Behind every great achievement is a dreamer of great dreams.

The servant leader is servant first... It begins with a natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first...

She had dealt with her pregnancy by wrapping herself in dreams.

An aspiration is a joy for ever, a possession as solid as a landed estate

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming is the only end of life.

Let your courage and determination be the vehicle that drives you, and takes you anywhere in this life you wanna go.

I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame.

Nobody can decide for himself whether he is going to be a human being. The only question open to him is whether he will be an ignorant undeveloped one or one who has sought to reach the highest point he is capable of attaining.

I suppose I'm ambitious for something in spite of the fact that most things known as success don't inspire me to try for them at all.

The PROTAGONIST has a conscious desire.

I'd rather be excited about making millions than worrying about not getting a raise.

Man paßt dahin, wohin man sich sehnt.

The gift that isn't big enough to make a mark, but is too big to leave the possessor in peace. And so they can't be content to be Sunday painters, or poets who write for a few friends, or composers whose handful of delicate little settings of Emily Dickinson can't find a singer. It's a special sort of hell.

so Leola thought that a modest romance with a hero in embryo could do no harm - might even be a patriotic duty.

I seemed to be the only person I knew without a plan that would put the world on its feet and wipe the tear from every eye.

to know how tall a tree is I must fall from the top; that is, desire burns.

I DREAMED. I dreamed as if the dream was waiting for me