Quotes about Aspiration
We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.
— Henry David Thoreau
If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
— Henry David Thoreau
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he had imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
— Henry David Thoreau
Live the life you've dreamed.
— Henry David Thoreau
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
— Henry David Thoreau
Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake.
— Henry David Thoreau
We are sometimes made aware of a kindness long passed, and realize that there have been times when our friends' thoughts of us were of so pure and lofty a character that they passed over us like the winds of heaven unnoticed when they treated us not as what we were, but as what we aspired to be. -- from A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
— Henry David Thoreau
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Repentance is another name for aspiration.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.
— Les Brown
As you look at your life look at your goals and dreams, it's better to be prepared for an opportunity not have one than have an opportunity and not be prepared. If you expect to reach your goal prepare yourself now.
— Les Brown
Shoot for the moon and even if you miss you'll land among the stars.
— Les Brown