Quotes about Aspiration

I hated the thought of being just a songwriter.

We haven't got those dreams: 'I wish to become doctor or a lawyer.' Black people in South Africa have been barred in doing anything that would articulate their cause.

I'm extra-good at wanting things. I want things until I feel sort of sick about them. I want enough for two normal people, at least.

Let no one influence you to scorn the dreamer.

The poor do not need charity; they need inspiration. Charity only sends them a loaf of bread to keep them alive in their wretchedness, or gives them an entertainment to make them forget for an hour or two; but inspiration will cause them to rise out of their misery. If you want to help the poor, demonstrate to them that they can become rich; prove it by getting rich yourself.

You will become what you want to be because of the dominating thoughts that you permit to occupy your mind.

There is no hope of success for the person who does not have a central purpose, or definite goal at which to aim.

All men have become what they are, because of their dominating thoughts and desires.

The Sixth Sense is a subject that will be of great interest and benefit to the person whose aim is to accumulate vast wealth, but it need not claim the attention of those whose desires are more modest.

Dreams are not born of indifference, laziness, or lack of ambition.

One of the chief characteristics of Barnes' Desire was that it was definite.

Set a high standard for yourself.