Quotes about Aspiration

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

But if we take the energies that make for aspiration and remove God from the picture, replacing him with our own crudely sketched self-portrait, we end up with ugly arrogance.

Best not to tiptoe around what you're yearning for, eyeing it, longing for it . . . or you'll miss your life ahead, it read.

When our memories outweigh our dreams, it is then that we become old.

Vision is a picture of the future that produces passion.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed.

Every accountable child of God needs to set goals, short- and long-range goals. A man who is pressing forward to accomplish worthy goals can soon put despondency under his feet, and once a goal is accomplished, others can be set up.

Everyone has a dream deep in their heart, which is a center of what they want to do. If they had all the money, and they had the time and they were guaranteed that they'd be successful, that dream is what they would love to do.

So what do you desire to do? What do you really want to do as a person? You need to stop and document that; write it down; make a plan; and then God says, 'I'll direct your steps.'

I hope to build a reputation as a science-fiction writer. That's the pitch. We'll see.

The thing that binds us together is the commonality of our dreams, not our skin tone.

The world lies in the hands of those that have the courage to dream and who take the risk of living out their dreams - each according to his or her own talent.