#aspiration

A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#pride #self-improvement #christianity

If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#aspirations #drive #flying #goals #wings

Apparently, my hopes, dreams and aspirations were no match against my poor spelling, punctuation and grammar. ↗

— Red Red Rover

#dreams #editing #grammar #hopes #ideas

We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are hard. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#challenge #moon #space-travel #trial #challenge

I want to live my life in such a way that when I get out of bed in the morning, the devil says, "aw shit, he's up! ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#devil #goodness #inspirational #life #live

Surely we all occasionally buy books because of a daydream we're having--a little fantasy about the people we might turn into one day, when our lives are different, quieter, more introspective, and when all the urgent reading, whatever that might be, has been done. We never arrive at that point, needless to say.... ↗

— Nick Hornby

#reading #introspection

Forgetting who you are is so much more complicated than simply forgetting your name. It's also forgetting your dreams. Your aspirations. What makes you happy. What you pray you'll never have to live without. It's meeting yourself for the first time, and not being sure of your first impression. ↗

— Jessica Brody

#dreams #first-impressions #forgetting #memory-loss #sadness

I'll have that someday, thought Peter. Someone who'll kiss me good-bye at the door. Or maybe just someone to put a blindfold over my head before they shoot me. Depending on how things turn out. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#death #funny-but-sad #goals #humor #life

'Do What You Gotta Do' is a positive, inspirational song that says no matter what it is; whether you're up against challenges or trying to get your dreams and aspirations met, you should do what whatever you have to do shy of killing yourself or someone else. ↗

— Angie Stone

#aspirations #challenges #dreams #else #get

Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience. ↗

— Margaret Fuller

#demon #depth #experience #god #his