Quotes About Aspiration

His eye fell on an advertisement inserted by the university. A new master's course was being offered in community relations. He read the short paragraph extolling the usefulness and topicality of this course. He wondered whether it would help, or whether it was no more than an aspiration—a course in what might be, but wasn't. But at least they were trying; at least they were not instituting a new master's programme in cynicism and indifference.

Life is no more than the repeated fulfilling of a permanent desire.

The plan is not wanting in grandeur; I see but one impediment." "What is it?" "Impossibility.

Pigeon, your wings are no good.

But there is probably nothing in the world as determined as a child with a dream

Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don't just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won't happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here.

As long as you are going to think anyway, think big.

As long as you are going to be thinking anyway, think big.

We should believe in the strength and vitality of the values which constitute the E.U. and which neighbouring states can believe in and aspire to join.

The problem with unfilled dreams is that they give us tunnel vision. We focus on ourselves, and that can be depressing and discouraging place to look.

If you're climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Don't look too far up, set your goals high but take one step at a time. Sometimes you don't think you're progressing until you step back and see how high you've really gone.

And without belief, dreams don't manifest into tangible reality.

Those who don't have goals are forever doomed to work for those who do," author

Every poem I write falls short in some important way. But I go on trying to write the one that won't.

If someone else does excellently in the line you had dreamed of for yourself, you can always believe that, if you had really tried again, you could have surpassed him.

Always your first question to yourself should be, "What would I be doing now if it were really impossible for me to fall at – whatever it is: traveling, modeling, writing, farming?

Those who are still slaves to dreams, to the Will to Fail, are made uncomfortable by the sight of anyone who is breaking free.

You have only to want it,to believe it, and tonight when you close your eyes, you can begin your journey

Writing is hard work. But if you want to become a writer you will become one. Nothing will stop you.

People need dreams, there's as much nourishment in 'em as food.

I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.

I suppose all young men dream of making a fortune," she said. "But most of them come to be content to make a living.

My mother explained it for him once. "There is nothing there for anyone who has ambition and intelligence," she said.

The real killers in the business world aren't the ones who aim for the top, it's the ones who aim for two notches below the top.