Aspiration

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.

It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly.  Never mistake activity for achievement.

The most noteworthy thing about gardeners is that they are always optimistic, always enterprising, and never satisfied. They always look forward to doing something better than they have ever done before.

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness, concerning all acts of initiative (and creation). There is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would come his way. I learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets: Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.

Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others. --in a letter to her husband, before her last flight

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.

The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention--something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have of yourself--the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.'

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

One starts an action simply because one must do something.

But never forget that you can only stumble if you are moving.

To live is to choose. But to choose, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go, and why you want to get there

Live for an ideal and leave no place in the mind for anything else.

A faith to live by, a self to live with, and a purpose to live for.

All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.

When you have a dream you've got to grab it and never let go.

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The mere aspiration, by changing the frame of the mind, for the moment realizes itself.

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

One can never consent to creep when one feels the impulse to soar.

Dreams come a size too big so that we can grow into them.

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.

Longing performs all things