Quotes About Aspiration

One good yardstick as to whether a person might be the right one for you is this: in her presence, do you think your noblest thoughts, do you aspire to your finest deeds, do you wish you were better than you are?

As long as you believe you are able, then there is no reason for it not to happen

The chief thing is desire. You've really got to want to do it, you've really got to want to tell that story. And you have to be able to set goals for yourself to get it done.

Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us.

I believe in life, that it is sweet and that, for all its occasional bitterness, we-man, that is-are headed toward something better - fulfillment. There is much shame, however, and so much hypocrisy around us and these inhibit our fulfillment as human beings.

If dreams are thwarted, then yearning must take their place If reunion is impossible, then longing must take its place.

We've always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them.

A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

I want to still be singing at 70 years old. I want to be open to the dreams I haven't even dreamed up.

Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.

Vision is what pulls at our emotions and creates desire to challenge the status quo.

I still have, I hope, a lot of years and there are still a lot of things I want to do.

Dissatisfaction of who you are today is the first step of becoming who you want to be tomorrow.

Lo que quiero deciros con esto, Señorías, es que, enloquecido por la lectura, no dudará el hombre en dar el salto y convertirse de simple lector en pretencioso escritor.

Odiava i giorni monotoni che non le portavano nessuna emozione, che scorrevano per lei come per tutti gli altri. Ella si sentiva fatta in un modo diverso dal comune, si sentiva destinata a qualche cosa di alto e di grande. Chi aveva un cuore come il suo? Chi poteva comprenderla?

Nothing is more honest than a dream.

Cada vez tengo más deseos, y menos esperanzas.

Qué esfuerzo! ¡Qué esfuerzo del caballo por ser perro! ¡Qué esfuerzo del perro por ser golondrina! ¡Qué esfuerzo de la golondrina por ser abeja!

You don't want people to apply to work for you because of the salaries on offer – they should be driven by other desires. But if a salary isn't commensurate with the market, potential winners will not be able to afford to work for you.

We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity.

Give thanks for what you are now, and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow.

I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.

Success consists in being successful, not in having potential for success. Any wide piece of ground is the potential site of a palace, but there's no palace till it's built.

My past is everything I failed to be.