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Aspiration Quotes


"Staring at the mountain requires nothing. Climbing the mountain requires strength. Reaching the mountaintop requires perseverance. Staying at the mountaintop requires wisdom. Reaching for the stars requires everything."


"Don't bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals."


"My parents were neither wealthy nor academic, but we lived comfortably and they were always extremely supportive of my academic efforts and aspirations, both at school and university."


"I was planning to remain an amateur for a while."


"I have therefore concluded to apply for the privilege of becoming a Cadet at West Point."


"When you look at a city, it's like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of everyone who built it."


"Aim for the stars, and afterward, pass them."


"Don't settle for ordinary. Dare to live a magical life."


"Let your dreams be a manifestation of your vision."


"When you dream of what you want to see, whether in your life, home, community or nation, you need to keep watching those dreams until they come to fulfillment."


"What do you want most to do? That's what I have to keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties."


"Don't settle for a star when you can have the whole sky."


"Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing."


"I started to shortcircuit because I had high aspirations for the film. I never told anybody that."


"I have no aspirations of world domination through the pop charts. None at all."


"The lonely road to greatness is better than the crowded road to mediocrity."


"The thing that I had saved up for myself and wanted most to bring off was a fully fledged professional production of Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Theater in Stratford."


"You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky."


"Each of us has the ability to dream."


"Keep high aspirations, moderate expectations, and small needs."


"The sky is the limit only if you have a problem with reaching for the stars."


"We must remember, too, that the Russian population of the Caucasus are to a large extent Muslims, and the areas such as Georgia which have aspirations of their own."


"Follow your dreams, not the crowd."


"The aspiration to attain goals overcomes death."


"What if Woody Allen called me and said, I'm working on this movie and there's a really divine role for you. We want exactly you! It would be such a fantasy. Forget it! My idol, Woody Allen!"
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