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Famous Aspiration Quotes
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy. Norman Vincent Peale
The man who does not read books has no advantage over the one who cannot read them. Mark Twain
Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open. Pauline Kael
Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. Malcolm X
Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you. George Whitefield
Teachers can open the door, but you must enter it yourself. Chinese proverb
A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at. Bruce Lee
The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. B.B. King
I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20. Warren Buffett
Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world. B.B. King
Some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all in which case, you fail by default. J.K. Rowling
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be ignited. Plutarch
The question I ask myself almost every day is, Am I doing the most important thing I could be doing? Mark Zuckerberg
Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. John Wooden
You have to set goals that are almost out of reach. If you set a goal that is attainable without much work or thought, you are stuck with something below your true talent and potential. Steve Garvey
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. Albert Einstein
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. Tony Robbins
Never let the fear of striking out stop you from playing the game. Babe Ruth
I believe the last thing I read at night will likely manifest when I’m sleeping. You become what you think about the most. Daymond John
Procrastination makes easy things hard and hard things harder. Mason Cooley
Don’t take rest after your first victory. Because if you fail in a second, more lips are waiting to say that your first victory was just luck.
You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. Zig Ziglar
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly Robert F. Kennedy
The expert in anything was once a beginner. Helen Hayes
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten B.F.Skinner
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. Walt Disney
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. Vince Lombardi
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. Beverly Stills
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Napoleon Hill
I think it’s possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary. Elon Musk
You may only succeed if you desire to succeed; you may only fail if you do not mind failing. Philippos
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. Thomas Jefferson
Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential. John Maxwell
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Jim Ryun
Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it. William Haley
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated. R. Collier
Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. David M. Burns
The best way to predict your future is to create it. Abraham Lincoln
It’s not what you achieve, it’s what you overcome. That’s what defines your career. Carlton Fisk
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt
Work to become, not to acquire. Elbert Hubbard
You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think. A.A. Milne
Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure it just means you haven’t succeeded yet Robert H. Schuller
Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow. Albert Einstein
The best way to predict the future is to create it. Abraham Lincoln
The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. Dr. Seuss
I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it. Lou Holtz
Today a reader. Tomorrow a leader.
I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything. Jon Stewart
In a world where you can be anything, be kind. Jennifer Dukes Lee
Desire! That’s the one secret of every man’s career. Not education. Not being born with hidden talents. Desire. Johnny Carson
None of us is as smart as all of us. Ken Blanchard
Life is an aspiration. Its mission is to strive after perfection, which is self realization. The ideal must not be lowered because of our weaknesses or imperfections. Mahatma Gandhi
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever. Chinese proverb
The moral and social aspiration proper to American life is, of course, the aspiration vaguely described by the word democratic; and the actual achievement of the American nation points towards an adequate and fruitful definition of the democratic ideal. Herbert Croly
Work to become, not to acquire. Elbert Hubbard
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. Rabindranath Tagore
Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure it just means you haven’t succeeded yet. Robert H. Schuller
One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. Benjamin Disraeli
I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it. Lou Holtz
We need spirited, energetic, and strong young people whose hearts are filled with life, enthusiasm, zeal, and dynamism; whose souls are full of ambition, aspiration, and vigor and have great goals, rising and aspiring to reach them until they eventually arrive at their destination. Hassan Al Banna
Desire! That’s the one secret of every man’s career. Not education. Not being born with hidden talents. Desire. Johnny Carson
When I took off from Providence, my only professional aspiration was what it had always been: I wanted to be a sportscaster. By the time I landed in the desert, I knew I would spend the rest of my life trying to be a writer. Mike Greenberg
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Respect is the lifeblood of progress and the safe harbor of humanity’s great aspirations. Bryant McGill
You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do. Confucius
I think that if I have one hope, 1 ambition, 1 aspiration for the next 4 or 5 years it would be that I can improve as a writer and just be able to say more of what I want to say through the music. Neil Diamond
Work to become, not to acquire. Elbert Hubbard
My primary ambition is to be a fiction writer Being a critic wasn’t an aspiration of mine. Walter Kirn
Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it. Katherine Whitehorn
That sense of ambition, of aspiration, of moving forward, will be very importan Hazel Blears
I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan
Ambition is but the evil shadow of aspiration. George MacDonald
Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure it just means you haven’t succeeded yet. Robert H. Schuller
A nobleman 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. Marcus Aurelius
The best way to predict the future is to create it. Abraham Lincoln
We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own. Cesar Chavez
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. Thomas A. Edison
When aspirations are perceived to be achievable, ambition and drive can erase excuses. Lorii Myers
I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it. Lou Holtz
Aspirations form the plot of success. Michael Bassey Johnson
I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything. Jon Stewart
It takes a certain level of aspiration before one can take advantage of opportunities that are clearly offered. Michael Harrington
Dreams are extremely important. You can’t do it unless you imagine it. George Lucas
Our aspirations are our possibilities. Samuel Johnson
Desire! That’s the one secret of every man’s career. Not education. Not being born with hidden talents. Desire. Johnny Carson
The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success. Luc De Clapiers
I can not do everything, but I can do something. I must not fail to do the something that I can do. Helen Keller
The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened. Hector Hugh Munro
A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. Arthur Golden
Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there. Bo Jackson
It’s not the days in your life, but the life in your days that counts. Brian White
We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy. Arthur Ashe
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. General George Patton
No chance of birth or place has made us friends, Being oftentimes of different tongues and nations, but the endeavor for the selfsame ends, with the same hopes, and fears, and aspirations. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. Albert Einstein
