Quotes About Aspiration

I'm not ashamed of heroic ambitions. If man and woman can only dance upon this earth for a few countable turns of the sun... let each of us be an Artemis, Odysseus, or Zeus... Aphrodite to the extent of the will of each one.

A 'dreamer' is one possesses the gift of dreaming by day. Sure, many dream at night, but don't also small babies and animals dream at night? To dream by day and dream aloud: Is this not the reward for all the troubles we humans must face?

his house was large and strived to be impressive. It had a lot of glass and redwood in its makeup and was obviously designed by someone who idolized Frank Lloyd Wright without quite grasping his basic principles.

never had one when I was a kid." She pointed with her free hand. "Over that way. No, over there actually. Over there across the Bay is Oakland. You know where 7th and Central is?" "No." "Good for you then. That is where I grew up, in that vicinity. Now I'm practically a superstar.

Your creativity has value. You're not wasting your time dreaming.

Your creativity has value. You are not wasting your time dreaming.

If I was as rich as a Rockerfeller I'd be Richer than Rockefeller, because I'd do a bit of window cleaning on the side.

A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.

the secret is not to speak to a person's cynicism, but to speak to her passion.

Millie was talking about the classes she would take next semester. Patrice was listening to the titles of the classes. "What do I have to do to become a lawyer?" asked Patrice. Millie told her.

the name by which she would—maybe embarrassing to say but she thought it anyway—the name by which she would rise in the world.

Someday's better. It's always in the future, and it's always possible.

You have to have your head in the clouds to shoot for the stars

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We pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won, but exact their dues of work and self denial, anxiety and discouragement.

When I read that the flash came, and I took a sheet of paper. . .and I wrote on it: I, Emily Byrd Starr, do solemnly vow this day that I will climb the Alpine Path and write my name on the scroll of fame.

For we pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won.

That night Anne knelt sweetly by her open window in a great sheen of moonshine and murmured a prayer of gratitude and aspiration that came straight from her heart. There was in it thankfulness for the past and reverent petition for the future; and when she slept on her white pillow her dreams were as fair and bright and beautiful as maidenhood might desire.

Her eyes astar with dreams

I do hope that some day I shall have a white dress. That is my highest ideal of earthly bliss.

BaÅŸar?s?zl?k deÄŸil, amaçs?zl?k suçtur. Hepimizin idealleru olmal? ve hepsini baÅŸaramasak da onlar? gercekleÅŸtirmek için uÄŸraÅŸmal?y?z. Onlar olmasa hayat çekilmez olurdu. Oysa yaÅŸam? muhteÅŸem k?lan ÅŸey ideallerimizdir

BaÅŸar?s?zl?k deÄŸil, amaçs?zl?k suçtur. Hepimizin idealleri olmal? ve hepsini baÅŸaramasak da onlar? gerçekleÅŸtirmek için uÄŸraÅŸmal?y?z. Onlar olmasa hayat çekilmez olurdu. Oysa yaÅŸam? muhteÅŸem k?lan ÅŸey ideallerimizdir

Oh, it's delightful to have ambitions. I'm so glad I have such a lot. And there never seems to be any end to them-that's the best of it. Just as soon as you attain to one ambition you see another one glittering higher up still. It does make life so interesting

Well I have written my book. That dream from years ago in that brown school desk has come true with years of toil and struggle. But the realization makes it infinitely sweeter, almost as sweet as the dream.