Quotes About Aspiration

Dreams are necessary to life.

Il y a des maladies extravagantes. Qui consistent à vouloir ce que l'on n'a pas.

De armoede van de mens is een slaaf; om te eten aanvaardt ze werk waarin ze geen vreugde heeft; alle werk dat niet vreugdevol is, is verwerpelijk, dacht ik, en ik betaalde de rust van velen. Ik zei: 'Werk maar niet; je vindt het vervelend.' Ik droomde voor ieder van hen van de vrijheid waarzonder niets nieuws kan ontbloeien, geen enkel kwaad, geen enkele kunst.

To be inspired - that's the secret.

How lovely it is to dream while you are awake.

Big dreams, are so damn tiring.

Lester wanted to rise up out of this like a cloud, to drift over the valley and shore to the Pacific, to dissolve into its huge green expanse like rain.

Men dream things — because men must have that which is beyond human reckoning to satisfy the need for comfort and a hedge against fear.

Of course life has no point. If it had, man would not be free, he'd become a slave to that point and his life would be governed by completely new criteria: the criteria of slavery. Like an animal, the point of whose life is that life itself, the continuation of the species. An animal carries out its slavish activities because it can feel the point of its life instinctively. Therefore its sphere is restricted. Man, on the other hand, claims to aspire to the absolute.

Off course, life has no point. If it had, man would not be free. He'd become a slave to that point and his life would be governed by completely new criteria: the criteria of slavery. Like an animal, the point of whose life is that life itself, the continuation of the species. An animal carries out his slavish activities because it can feel the point of its life instinctively. Therefore its sphere is restricted. Man, on the other hand claims to aspire to the absolute.

The Republic may not give wealth or happiness, she has not promised these. It is the freedom to pursue these, not their realization, we can claim.

Show them a glimpse of the future and you'll get them to rally around.

Young people are inept at love; it is like being given a flying machine, and you leap inside, ready to set off as you've always dreamed, yet you don't have the first notion of how to make it start, much less how to make it move.

Both had the fantasy; neither had carried it out.

I never wanted to be a painter; I wanted to be a tap dancer.

I don't know anybody who doesn't have a fantasy. Everybody must have a fantasy.

When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers, I kind of wanted to be a vampire.

You'll turn out ordinary if you're not careful.

The dreams weren't as pleasing when they had no chance of coming true

Wish for what you want work for what you need

As a teenager, I would sit at the top of the stairs, staring out the tiny window there. I could see the rooftops of three of my aunt's houses. I could see a distant water tank. On a clear day, I could see all the way to the next town. Someday, I would think, I'll even go beyond there.

I know what mine is going to be about.

A pageant to choose Little Miss Stoneybrook was going to be held for girls ages five to eight. The winner would go on to a county pageant. The winner of the county pageant could compete for the Little Miss Connecticut crown. From there, she could go on to try for Little Miss America and then Little Miss World. The Little Miss World crown seemed like kind of a long shot to me.

When setting goals, create 'stretch' goals. They will assist you in developing your potential to its fullest!