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Quotes About Aspiration

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Does not man lack the force at the very point where he needs it most? And when he soars upward in joy, or sinks down in suffering, is not checked in both, is he not returned again to the dull, cold sphere of awareness, just when he was longing to lose himself in the fullness of the infinite.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
When a human awakens to a great dream and throws the full force of his soul over it, all the universe conspires in your favor.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We are all pilgrims who seek Italy.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life seems so vulgar, so easily content with the commonplace things of every day, and yet it always nurses and cherishes certain higher claims in secret, and looks about for the means of satisfying them.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Duas almas, oh! moram dentro do meu peito, E aí lutam por um indivisível reino; Uma aspira pela terra, com vontade apaixonada Às íntimas entranhas ainda está ligada. Acima das névoas, a outro aspira, de certeza, Com ardor sagrado por esferas onde reine a pureza
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life.
~ Douglas Coupland
You know, one of my biggest dreams in life is to play a Disney princess.
~ Ginnifer Goodwin
Our goal should be that we're going to live life to the fullest, pursuing our passions and dreams, and when it comes our time to go, we will have used as much of our potential as possible.
~ Joel Osteen
One's only real life is the life one never leads.
~ Oscar Wilde
Life is a continued struggle to be what we are not, and to do what we cannot.
~ William Hazlitt
Your dreams, what you hope for and all that, it's not separate from your life. It grows right up out of it.
~ Barbara Kingsolver
The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for!
~ Barbara Kingsolver
When people don't have an objective, there's much less dynamic effort, and that makes life a lot less interesting.
~ Barbara Tuchman
I just kind of thought about doing this my whole life. I never doubted myself once. I've always been singing, and I've always wanted to be on tour with a rock band.
~ Bert McCracken
Our dreams are a second life.
~ Gerard de Nerval
What do you want for your life? And how are you going to get it? Figure that out. And then follow me to gloryville.
~ Jason Ellis
When I was 24, I was full of life. I was that ham who wanted to be famous, a movie star, all that stuff. I think it's cool. But it was not what I was searching for, really. It was more a delusion.
~ Jean-Claude Van Damme
Take the limits off of yourself. You will never rise higher than your thinking. Create a great vision for your life.
~ Joel Osteen
One central need in life is to fulfill its own potential.
~ Rollo May
A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
~ Samuel Johnson
Hang on to your dreams with everything you got. Because the best life is when your dreams come true. The second-best is when they don't but you never stop chasing them.
~ Tim Dorsey
Look. You all do things that are beautiful and magical and... and important. But me... there's gotta be more to my life than just pots and kettles. All I'm asking you is that you give me a chance.
~ Tink
At some point in my life I would like to win a Grammy. I think that would be a good thing to do.
~ Troye Sivan