#aspirations

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

#goals #inspirational #motivational #inspirational

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#men

Always aim for the Moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. ↗

— W. Clement Stone

#inspirational #inspirational

As a result of the World War and of a peace whose imperfections and risks are no longer denied by anyone, are we not even further away from the great aspirations and hopes for peace and fraternity than we were one or two decades ago? ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#anyone #aspirations #away #decades #denied

I hope our hopes and aspirations are bigger than setting records. ↗

— Drew Brees

#bigger #hope #hopes #i #our

Once you start saying, 'Let's talk political, my own politics, my own aspirations,' it can become not just distracting in that it takes time, but it can become confusing and frustrating, and is this now a political agenda or a governmental agenda. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#aspirations #become #confusing #distracting #frustrating

It is the lot of man to share in the deeper aspirations of the universe around him and to share his own destiny as well as that of the universe, now by adjusting himself to its forces, now by putting the whole of his energy to his own ends and purposes. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

#around #aspirations #deeper #destiny #ends

I want to make something of myself. I believe it’s called a statue. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#art #aspirations #bizarre #funny #goals

Não aspiro a nada. Dói-me a vida. Estou mal onde estou e já mal onde penso em poder estar. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#lack-of-motivation #life-and-living #life

And I have finally realized that, you know, it's not a given that my lifespan will accommodate my writing aspirations. It could be that it would take me 12 more books at six years each to get it - which means I would have to live to be 126. Which I fully intend to do, of course. ↗

— George Saunders

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