For eager teachers seized my youth, pruned my faith and…

“For rigorous teachers seized my youth, And purged its faith, and trimm'd its fire, Show'd me the high, white star of Truth, There bade…

— Matthew Arnold

For me, there has always been a disconnect with the sort of elitist structure of the high-art world - and my distaste for that…

— Shepard Fairey

... the majority of colored men do not yet think it worth while that women aspire to higher education… The three R's, a littlemusic…

— Anna Julia Cooper

So if you aspire to be a good conversationali st, be an attentive listener. To be interesting, be interested. Ask questions that other persons…

— Dale Carnegie

One of the reasons you study at great institutions or aspire to work in great corporations is that you hope to acquire the values…

— Harsha Bhogle

I'm exceptional in everything that I do and I aspire to do.

— Omarosa Manigault Newman

I aspire my country eventually has a league where all players play 50 games.

— Sunil Chhetri

We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish.

— George Saunders

We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great father, to be a good husband,…

— Matthew Modine

I didn't aspire to be a good sport; 'champion' was good enough for me.

— Fred Perry

At the end of the day, everyone knows what it is to be loved and to aspire to love someone, to want to be…

— David Oyelowo

I love it when television is shot in a cinematic way and I think to aspire to that is no bad thing.

— Matthew Rhys

“No one has any right to tell you that the way you perceive yourself is wrong. Because by doing so, they also discourage the…

— Kamand Kojouri

Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.

— William Arthur Ward

Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit.

— Charles Lamb