Quotes about Aspirations
Thankfully, dreams can change. If we'd all stuck with our first dream, the world would be overrun with cowboys and princesses.
— Stephen Colbert
The first indication that we are killing our dreams is lack of time.
— Paulo Coelho
I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are (p. 331).
— Richard Paul Evans
Mrs. Davilow have willingly let fall a hint of the aerial castle-building which she had
— George Eliot
High expectations are the key to everything.
— Sam Walton
What can we know? What are we all? Poor silly half-brained things peering out at the infinite, with the aspirations of angels and the instinct of beasts.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
Codi: "So you think we all just have animal dreams. We can't think of anything to dream except our ordinary lives." Loyd: "Only if you have an ordinary life. If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life."
— Barbara Kingsolver
Some days, obviously, I am like 'Today is not the day,' but you got to push through, especially when my aspirations are to be pro, you can't have any bad days.
— Frances Tiafoe
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that but the really great make you feel that you too can become great. When you are seeking to bring big plans to fruition it is important with whom you regularly associate. Hang out with friends who are like-minded and who are also designing purpose-filled lives. Similarly be that kind of a friend for your friends.
— Mark Twain
The fear and apathy which had for so long cast a shadow on the life of the Negro community were gradually fading before a new spirit of courage and self respect. ... The longings and aspirations of nearly 50,000 people, tired people who had come to see that it is ultimately more honorable to walk the streets in dignity than to ride the buses in humilation.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
there are lots of things you want to do before your life is over.
— Stephen Hawking
Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
— Epictetus