Aspiration Quotes

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

Khalil Gibran

Inspirational, Life, Dream

"Become a Conscious Creator: A Return to Self-Empowerment". Book by Lisa Ford, 2007.

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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

Confucius

Inspirational, Positive, Success

As quoted in"Be Free!: Keys to Success and Happiness in Every Aspect of Your Life" by Slavica Bogdanov, (p. 45), October 12, 2012.

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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Inspirational, Change, Positive

Quoted in Providence Journal-Bulletin, 8 June 1994

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The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

Michelangelo

Inspirational, Life, Positive

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Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.

Sugar Ray Leonard

Graduation, Wise, Dream

FaceBook post by SUGAR RAY LEONARD from Aug 19, 2013

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Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation.

Jack Nicklaus

Positive, Positivity, Expectations

Jack Nicklaus (1998). “Jack Nicklaus: My Story”, Simon & Schuster

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Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.

Les Brown

Inspirational, Life, Success

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Do just one thing every day in the direction of your dreams.

J. P. Blake

Dream, Your Dreams, Just One

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Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration,and inspiration.

Evan Esar

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

Evan Esar (1961). “Humorous English: a guide to comic usage, jocular speech and writing, and witty grammar”

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Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Samuel Johnson

Dream, Soulmate, Wish

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A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.

John Barrymore

Love, Inspirational, Life

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration.

James Allen

Inspirational, Greatness, Desire

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When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.

Paulo Coelho

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Salvador Dali

Inspirational, Motivational, Art

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You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration.

James Lane Allen

Education, Fall, Positive Thinking

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In short, there are mysteries of science and of soul that will never be understood no matter how hard we measure, no matter how strongly we believe, no matter how deep our think tanks and how high our aspirations. But as anyone will tell you—for we all know this within our hearts—the impossible happens and grand cosmic mysteries are solved on a regular basis, although most of the time the solutions lead to even greater mysteries.

Neal Shusterman

Believe, Heart, Thinking

Neal Shusterman (2011). “Neal Shusterman's Skinjacker Trilogy: Everlost; Everwild; Everfound”, p.970, Simon and Schuster

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If you can dream it, you can do it.

Walt Disney

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.

Henry David Thoreau

Inspirational, Motivational, Dream

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Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

Louisa May Alcott

Love, Inspirational, Motivational

Louisa May Alcott (2009). “Work: A Story of Experience: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.305, ReadHowYouWant.com

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To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous existence.

Joseph Conrad

Enlightenment, Literature, Path

Joseph Conrad (2015). “Complete Short Stories of Joseph Conrad (Including His Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays: Unforgettable Tales like Heart of Darkness, Point of Honor, Falk, Secret Sharer, The Return & Freya of Seven Isles”, p.1325, e-artnow

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Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Love, Truth, Integrity

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). “Essays”, p.70, Xist Publishing

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An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Inspirational, Dream, Joy

Robert Louis Stevenson (2014). “Memories, Portraits, Essays and Records (Annotated Edition)”, p.638, Jazzybee Verlag

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Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

Napoleon Hill

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Napoleon Hill (2016). “Napoleon Hill's Keys to Personal Achievement: An Official Publication of The Napoleon Hill Foundation”, p.88, Sound Wisdom

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A leader's role is to raise people's aspirations for what they can become and to release their energies so they will try to get there.

David Gergen

Inspirational, Leadership, People

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Realize what you really want. It stops you from chasing butterflies and puts you to work digging gold.

William Moulton Marston

Work, Butterfly, Chasing Butterflies

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