Quotes About Aspiration

Yapmak istediÄŸimiz ÅŸeylerin hep yap?lamayacak ÅŸeyler olduÄŸunu düÅŸünerek hayat?m?z? geçirmemiz tuhaf deÄŸil mi?

Isn't it queer how we go through life, always thinking that the things we want to do are the things that can't be done?

Ad Astra per Aspera—through rough ways to the stars

The pair adopted the phrase Ad Astra per Aspera—through rough ways to the stars—as their motto.

Si aprende a fijarse un pequeño deseo bien definido, ello lo llevará a fijarse otro más grande.

For a man to wish to be rich is of little purpose. For a man to desire five pieces of gold is a tangible desire which he can press to fulfillment.

Preceding accomplishment must be desire. Thy desires must be strong and definite.

yet he did possess one of the vital requirements to increase his earnings. Within him was a strong desire to earn more

The desire to be lucky is universal.

To continue to be lucky is my great desire.

Only a great desire for wealth. Besides this, nothing.

I wish to be a man of means. I wish to own lands and cattle

We are weary of being without gold in the midst of plenty. We wish to become men of means.

Only a great desire for wealth.

That is good. And what do you do with the rental?' "I do have a great feast with honey and fine wine and spiced cake. Also I have bought me a scarlet tunic. And some day I shall buy me a young ass upon which to ride.

For her, finally, the literary art is an instrument of social salvation—it is her means of touching the world with her ideals, her love, her aspiration; for him the literary art is the avenue of escape from the meaningless chaos of existence—it is his subtly critical condemnation of the world.

Stood awhile watching, thinking, praying: Lord, give us more. Give us enough. Help us not fall behind peers. Help us not, that is, fall further behind peers. For kids' sake. Do not want them scarred by how far behind we are. That is all I ask.

If we're going to become kinder, that process has to include taking ourselves seriously—as doers, as accomplishers, as dreamers. We have to do that, to be our best selves.

It's the freaking American way--you start out in a dangerous craphole and work hard so you can someday move up to a somewhat less dangerous craphole. And finally maybe you get a mansion.

What we want our ending to do is to do more than we could have dreamed it would do. Sheesh.

Los creadores, los descubridores científicos, quienes reinan en la política y en la guerra, forjan nuestro mundo. No son como nosotros. De ahí nuestra furibunda esperanza de olfatear algún defecto en su magnitud; de reducirlos a nuestro propio, insignificante tamaño.

To those of you who received honors, awards , and distinctions, I say, well done. And to the C students I say, you, too, can be president of the United States.

Each of us is incomplete compared to someone else - an animal's incomplete compared to a person... and a person compared to God, who is complete only to be imaginary.

If I were to be asked what we are, I should answer: 'We are the door to everything that can be, we are the expectation that no material response can satisfy, no trick with words deceive. We seek the heights. Each one of us can ignore this search if he has a mind to, but mankind as a whole aspires to these heights; they are the only definition of his nature, his only justification and significance.