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• Religion is the answer to that cry of Reason which nothing can silence, that aspiration of the soul which no created thing can meet, that want of the heart which all creation cannot supply.

  Isaac Hecker

  Heart, Silence, Soul

  Isaac Thomas HECKER (1857). “Aspirations of nature”, p.24

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• The habits of feeling, action and judgment that comprise good character depend on personal self-discipline and powerful aspiration to become a good person, all of which must be drawn from within.

  Edwin J Delattre

  Powerful, Character, Self

  Edwin J. Delattre (2011). “Character and Cops: Ethics in Policing”, p.7, AEI Press

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• I conceive the essential task of religion to be "to develop the consciences, the ideals, and the aspirations of mankind".

  Robert Andrews Millikan

  Essentials, Tasks, Mankind

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• Life is enriched by aspiration and effort, rather than by acquisition and accumulation.

  Helen and Scott Nearing

  Effort, Acquisition, Life Is

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• The core character of Victorians is one of aspiration and ambition, and Victorians have, since first settlement days... demonstrated that core character over and over again.

  Ted Baillieu

  Ambition, Character, Firsts

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• As the United States begins a new chapter in our relationship with Cuba, we hope it will create an environment that improves the lives of the Cuban people, not because it is imposed by us, the United States, but through the talent and ingenuity and aspirations, and the conversations among Cubans from all walks of life so they can decide what the best course is for their prosperity.

  Barack Obama

  Life, People, United States

  "Barack Obama and Raúl Castro's handshake captured by cameras" by Jonathan Watts, www.theguardian.com. April 10, 2015.

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• An ideal is an unselfish aspiration. Its purpose is the general welfare not only of this but of future generations. It is a thing of the spirit. It is a generous and humane desire that all men may share equally in a common good. Our ideals are the cement, which binds human society.

  Herbert Hoover

  Men, Desire, May

  United States. President (1929-1933 : Hoover), Herbert Hoover (1974). “Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President”

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• In a world of danger and trial, peace is our deepest aspiration.

  John F. Kennedy

  Trials, World, Danger

  Speech at Civic Auditorium, Seattle, Washington, www.presidency.ucsb.edu. September 06, 1960.

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• What is patriotism? Is it love of one's birthplace, the place of childhood's recollections and hopes, dreams and aspirations? Is it the place where, in childlike naïveté, we would watch the
  passing clouds, and wonder why we, too, could not float so swiftly? The place where we would count the milliard glittering stars, terror-stricken lest each one "an eye should be," piercing
  the very depths of our little souls?

  Emma Goldman

  Dream, Stars, Eye

  Emma Goldman (2011). “Living My Life (Two Volumes in One)”, p.427, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Respect is the lifeblood of progress, and the safe harbor of humanity's great aspirations.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Humanity, Progress, Safe

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• The aspiration of society is the flourishing of its members, this report gives evidence on how to achieve societal well?being. It's not by money alone, but also by fairness, honesty, trust and good health.

  Jeffrey Sachs

  Honesty, Health, Giving

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• What man needs is not philosophy or religion in the academic or formalistic sense of the term, but ability to think rightly. The malady of the age is not absence of philosophy or even irreligion but wrong thinking and a vanity which passes for knowledge. Though it is difficult to define right thinking, it cannot be denied that it is the goal of the aspirations of everyone.

  Krishnananda Saraswati

  Philosophy, Men, Thinking

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• This is a major strategic challenge affecting not only our military, but ultimately, America's leadership in the global world order, we are at a point where our national aspirations are at risk of exceeding our available resources.

  Martin Dempsey

  Leadership, Military, Order

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• The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man.

  Haile Selassie

  Men, United Nations, Safeguarding

  Address to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered 6 October 1963

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• Leadership is all about raising the aspirations of people.

  Narayan

  People

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• Sexual and reproductive health and rights are universal human rights!They are an indivisible part of the broader human rights and development equation. Their particular power resides in the fact that they deal with the most intimate aspects of our identities as individuals and enable human dignity, which is dependent on control of our bodies, desires and aspirations.

  Babatunde Osotimehin

  Rights, Desire, Identity

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• There's 6 million people living in poverty today, more than when Barack Obama got elected. 6.5 million people are working part-time, most of whom want to work full-time. We've created rules and taxes on top of every aspiration of people, and the net result is we're not growing fast, income is not growing.

  Jeb Bush

  People, Income, Growing

  Jeb Bush at GOP primary debate in Cleveland, Ohio, www.washingtonpost.com. August 6, 2015.

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• I had the wonderful benefit of growing up with parents that not only encouraged me to follow my dreams, but supported my aspirations through school and beyond.

  Jason Graves

  Dream, Growing Up, School

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• You want everything for your kids that you didn't have, but that that very desire can pollute and corrupt the good, basic American pluckiness, resourcefulness and down-to-earthness that we like to pride ourselves with, and result in aspirations of wealth and high culture.

  Todd Haynes

  Kids, Pride, Desire

  Source: collider.com

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• I never got into MMA to be famous, I got into it to compete and pursue athletic aspirations. They were my pure intentions. I came from a true sport, an Olympic background, winning multiple national, international and Olympic medals. So I entered MMA as a sport.

  Matt Lindland

  Sports, Winning, Mma

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• Before our eyes we have the results of ideologies such as Marxism, Nazism and fascism, and also of myths like racial superiority, nationalism and ethnic exclusivism. No less pernicious, though not always as obvious, are the effects of materialistic consumerism, in which the exaltation of the individual and the selfish satisfaction of personal aspirations become the ultimate goal of life. In this outlook, the negative effects on others are considered completely irrelevant.

  Pope John Paul II

  Selfish, Eye, Goal

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• Let the content of Swaraj grow with the growth of national consciousness and aspirations.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Growth, Consciousness, Grows

  Mahatma Gandhi, Judith M. Brown (2008). “The Essential Writings”, p.151, Oxford University Press

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• True democracy is not inconsistent with a few persons representing the spirit, the hope and the aspirations of those whom they claim to represent.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Democracy, Spirit, Claims

  Mahatma Gandhi (1943). “The Wisdom of Gandhi in His Own Words”

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• My family has always supported my activities, whether it was doing combat in Korea, flying progressively and challenging fighter-jet aircraft in Europe, or studying for a doctor's degree at MIT. They have been always very supportive and understanding of the challenges and risks involved in my career. A family needs to work as a team, supporting each other's individual aims and aspirations.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Team, Korea, Europe

  Scholastic Interview, teacher.scholastic.com. November 17, 1998.

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• I'm keeping everything on a human level, but essentially everything in our lives has to be on a human level. Any specification of something by art history doesn't make any sense. The point is, if you have a loving, adorable, supportive mother anywhere in the world and you tell her all of your dreams, all of your aspirations, and the reward you would like, and she understands you, then it's not worth doing.

  Lawrence Weiner

  Mother, Dream, Art

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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