Aspiration Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old aspiration quotes, aspiration sayings, and aspiration proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Success comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration, and inspiration! Evan Esar
Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. John Updike
If you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires. Malcolm Gladwell
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. Henry David Thoreau
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau
A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. John Barrymore
An aspirational diet will have you dreaming of success; but it's the attachment of expectations and tangible goals that feeds the desire, persistence, and fortitude required to make the win. Lorii Myers
A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it. Anonymous
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. Ralph Waldo Emerson
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. C. S. Lewis
Aim higher in case you fall short. Suzanne Collins
Aspirations forms the plot of success. Michael Bassey Johnson
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt
If you can dream it, you can do it. Walt Disney
It takes a certain level of aspiration before one can take advantage of opportunities that are clearly offered. Michael Harrington
The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success. Luc De Clapiers
Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities. Sugar Ray Leonard
Our aspirations are our possibilities. Samuel Johnson
To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. Anatole France
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to. Khalil Gibran
The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened. Hector Hugh Munro
If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Don't let young people tell you their aspirations; when they drop them they will drop you. Logan Pearsall Smith
In the long run men only hit what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high. Henry David Thoreau
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
When aspirations are perceived to be achievable, ambition and drive can erase excuses. Lorii Myers
Dream your dreams with open eyes and make them come true. T. E. Lawrence
You'll become that devil overnight, if you want to become that celebrity overnight. Michael Bassey Johnson
Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation. Jack Nicklaus
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always had. No one rises to low expectations. Anonymous
Aspiration, it seems, is in danger of becoming the preserve of the wealthy. Iain Duncan Smith
If you can imagine it, you can create it. If you dream it, you can become it. William Arthur Ward
Don't expect others to hand success to you. Create it - with heart, energy and enterprise - and you'll make it come true. Rasheed Ogunlaru
Goals are dreams with deadlines. Diana Scharf Hunt
An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate, a fortune which we can never exhaust and which gives us year by year a revenue of pleasurable activity. Robert Louis Stevenson
Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. Albert Einstein
It is important to dream big. What we imagine, we become, we achieve. Even if we don ́t go the yonder, we will reach way much farther than where we currently stand. Tina Sequeira
You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration. James Allen
You have to dream before your dreams can come true. Abdul Kalam
Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again and this interdependence produces the highest form of living. Anais Nin
All of our deeply held dreams and aspirations require us to build on our common bonds. Arnold Schwarzenegger
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
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. Confucius
A leader's role is to raise people's aspirations for what they can become and to release their energies so they will try to get there. David Gergen
Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions. Edgar Cayce
Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. H. Jackson Brown
Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live. Henry David Thoreau
When you look at a city, it's like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of everyone who built it. Hugh Newell Jacobsen
In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities. Janos Arany
Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from. Jodie Foster
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration. John Morley
Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars. Les Brown
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. Louisa May Alcott
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. Michelangelo
Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. Napoleon Hill
Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future. Paul Wellstone
When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream. Paulo Coelho
Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Pope John XXII
An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate. Robert Louis Stevenson
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. Salvador Dali
Your own words are the bricks and mortar of the dreams you want to realize. Behind every word flows energy. Sonia Choquette
Vision looks outward and becomes aspiration. Stephen Samuel Wise
Dream your dreams with open eyes and make them come true. T. E. Lawrence
The specific is not exclusive it lacks the aspiration to totality. Theodor W. Adorno
There is no greatness without passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson. Tony Robbins
Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth. Victor Borge
Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself. William Faulkner
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. William Faulkner
We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. Woodrow Wilson
If you can dream it, you can achieve it. Zig Ziglar