Best Aspiration Wisdom
572 Aspiration quotes by 477 unique authors
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A man's worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations.
— Ali ibn Abi Talib
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Movement was the essence of Manhattan. It had always been so, and now its sense of flow, energy, openness, elasticity as Charles Dickens had called…
— Jan Morris
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Responsibility to yourself means that you don't fall for shallow and easy solutions-it means that you refuse to sell your talents and aspirations short.
— Adrienne Rich
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It might be said that society speaks through the clothing it wears. Through its clothing it reveals its secret aspirations and uses it, at least…
— Pope Pius XII
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One of the most extraordinary examples in recent decades [of unitary visions of constitutional enterprise] is found in a book called "Takings"... Epstein makes an…
— Laurence Tribe
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Modern man has been in search of a new language of form to satisfy new longings and aspirations - longings for mental appeasement, aspirations to…
— Herbert Read
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Still others make gardens because it is part of a full life. To live happily they must invest their hours and aspirations in the activities…
— Richardson Wright
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Desire, liberated from its ties to the ego, realizes that it has no other aspiration than the fullness of Mahamudra and, as it sees in…
— Daniel Odier
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When we were little, we kept close to our mother in a dark alley or if dogs barked at us. Now, when we feel temptations…
— Josemaria Escriva
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We suffer the stress of infinite opportunity: There are so many things that we could do, and all we see are people who seem to…
— David Allen
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In a world of danger and trial, peace is our deepest aspiration, and when peace comes we will gladly convert not our swords into plowshares,…
— John F. Kennedy
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Some actors don't mind it. Those who are pretty. They think it's nice to be looked at because they are nice to look at. I…
— Richard Griffiths
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I have to detach myself completely from aspirations. I hardly ever listen to music anymore because it arouses all of this yearning in me
— Laura Hillenbrand
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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…
— Herbert Croly
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The world's people all share the earnest aspiration to have peace, stability, justice and cooperation.
— Tran ?uc Luong
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We can see from the experience of Odin that the image of the tree was the template within which all of the sacred world could…
— Unknown Author
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The art of work . . . It is going to your work as you go to worship, with a prayer of thankfulness and the…
— Wilferd Peterson
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The Tantric way is open to all the richness of human nature, which it accepts without a single restriction. It is probably the only spiritual…
— Daniel Odier
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He can talk to himself about his dreams, hopes and aspirations. He can convince himself that there is a place for him and an important…
— Wilferd Peterson
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Not chance of birth or place has made us friends, Being oftentimes of different tongues and nations, But the endeavor for the selfsame ends, With…
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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A country scratching a lazy irritation at sagging doorjambs and late trains, whose greatest attribute is a collective, smelly tolerance, where a chap will put…
— A. A. Gill
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If you want to achieve your highest aspirations and overcome your greatest challenges, identify and apply the principle or natural law that governs the results…
— Stephen Covey
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Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession many.
— James Russell Lowell
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I want to be one of those people, be they writers, poets, musicians, who leaves clues for the next generation. The really good people leave…
— Julian Casablancas
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You must understand what the Parthenon Marbles mean to us. They are our pride. They are our sacrifices. They are our noblest symbol of excellence.…
— Melina Mercouri
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