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• And thus I aspire to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named so that I would not build on another man's foundation.

  Paul the Apostle

  Men, Foundation, Missionary

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• In every one of us there are two ruling and directing principles, whose guidance we follow wherever they may lead; the one being an innate desire of pleasure; the other, an acquired judgment which aspires after excellence.

  Socrates

  Motivational, Two, Excellence

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• Know that there is nothing you can't aspire to do. Take offense. Bide your time. Pick your battles. Take revenge when you can - and never pull the ladder up after you.

  Linda Hirshman

  Revenge, Battle, Ladders

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• A magnificent cause can overcome a prickly personality, but your ability to enchant people increases if they like you, so you should aspire to both. You’ll know that you’re likeable when you can communicate freely, casually, and comfortably with people.

  Guy Kawasaki

  People, Personality, Overcoming

  FaceBook post by Guy Kawasaki from Feb 18, 2014

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• No Indian who aspires to follow the way of true religion can afford to remain aloof from politics.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Religion, Way, Indian

  Mahatma Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Civilization, Politics and Religion”, Clarendon Press

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• Power from any source tends to create an appetite for additional power. It was almost inevitable that the super-rich would one day aspire to control not only their own wealth, but the wealth of the whole world. To achieve this, they were perfectly willing to feed the ambitions of the power-hungry political conspirators who were committed to the overthrow of all existing governments and the establishment of a central worldwide dictatorship.

  W. Cleon Skousen

  Ambition, Government, Political

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• Veganism isn’t just a strict vegetarian diet; it is a complete philosophical viewpoint. It is practical in outlook, simple to understand and aspires to the highest environmental and spiritual values. I am sure it holds the key to a future lifestyle for a humane planetary guardianship.

  Howard Lyman

  Spiritual, Philosophical, Simple

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• Super-heroes were created to represent the best in all of us. We should aspire to match their nobility, not their ability to shoot big chrome guns.

  Mark Waid

  Hero, Gun, Chrome

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• We must help the child to act for himself, will for himself, think for himself; this is the art of those who aspire to serve the spirit.

  Maria Montessori

  Art, Children, Thinking

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• It is better to be lucky than good, but of course appropriate to aspire to both.

  Jeremy Grantham

  Lucky, Courses, Appropriate

  "BLACKROCK: 'Investors Should Buckle Up For More Volatility Ahead'" by Mamta Badkar, www.businessinsider.com. July 21, 2014.

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• In my naïvety, I thought people who were in rock 'n' roll bands were great artists, and it was a huge shock to the system to realise that they weren't, that they didn't even aspire to be, really. Some of them did, maybe, but some of them, like Samson, were very frightened of the idea.

  Bruce Dickinson

  Artist, Rocks, Ideas

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• Jay-Z's my favorite rapper, but why can't I aspire to be better than him?

  Wale

  Rapper, My Favorite

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• I always use the Jeff Beck model. Jeff Beck is just a genius, and he keeps getting better ... If there's anybody in your field you want to aspire to be like, it is a guy who does what he wants to do. Every record at least he comes out with one thing that makes everybodys' jaw drop ... I would hope that Jimi Hendrix would have done that, although, man, the odds are against him because he did so much in such a short amount of time.

  Joe Satriani

  Music, Men, Odds

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• In Matthew, chapter 6, verse 21, the scriptures teach us that where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. My friends, any man who aspires to be our president should keep both his treasure and his heart in the United States of America.

  Ted Strickland

  Heart, Men, America

  The Former Governor’s DNC Remarks, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 4, 2012.

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• We cannot build the new culture for learning to which we aspire in an environment which is depressed and dampened every day by the impact of alcohol and drug abuse, and we should not, and we cannot, hide from that reality any longer. More and more of our students are demanding that they not be imposed upon by others whose judgment and behavior are impaired by substance abuse. It is time to take a stand.

  Robert Carothers

  Time, Learning, Reality

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• I do not think we will see a stateless society in my lifetime. But I am sure we will not see a state that conforms to the minarchists' ideals. The closer we get, the better, but I see no reason not to aspire for the best government as Thoreau imagined it: none at all. It's certainly more consistently idealistic than what the minarchists imagine, and yet it's at least possible, whereas the existence of a lasting, minimal state is a hopeless fantasy.

  Anthony Gregory

  Thinking, Government, Anarchy

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• I came to the conclusion that we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better understand what questions to ask. Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.

  Elon Musk

  Inspirational, Order, Enlightenment

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• It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.

  Epictetus

  Motivational, Wise, Extraordinary Person

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• I am by no means alone within the family or the company in being ashamed and sickened by Roger Ailes's horrendous and sustained disregard of the journalistic standards that News Corporation, its founder and every other global media business aspires to.

  Matthew Freud

  Mean, Media, News

  "Fox hunt: cracks in Murdoch dynasty as TV news chief finds himself in firing line" by Andrew Clark and James Robinson, www.theguardian.com. January 15, 2010.

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• All of us aspire to give our children something more, leave a country to our children that is a better one, a stronger one, with better jobs and growth and opportunity.

  Byron Dorgan

  Country, Jobs, Children

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• Home is home even for those who aspire to serve wider interests and who have established their home of choice in distant regions.

  Nelson Mandela

  Home, Choices, Interest

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Conversations With Myself”, p.70, Pan Macmillan

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• All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music.

  Walter Pater

  Music, Art, Conditions

  Studies in the History of the Renaissance "The School of Giorgione" (1873)

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• We do not aspire to communal life but to a life apart.

  Max Stirner

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• Just tell me one boy, just one who at seven didn't aspire to be a hero or a fireman.

  Miguel Delibes

  Hero, Boys, Fireman

  Miguel Delibes (1990). “The Stuff of Heroes”, New York : Pantheon Books

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• Jealousy is a miserable feeling. It means you aspire to something that you cannot have. Even in love, it is better to leave, better not to waste time.

  Sophia Loren

  Mean, Feelings, Waste

  Interview with Alain Elkann, alainelkanninterviews.com. June 9, 2014.

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