The opportunity cost of an unlived dream is not only that dream, but also the dreams the dream was meant to inspire.

You cannot pursue all your goals simultaneously or satisfy all your desires at once. And it’s an emotional drain to think you can. Instead, you must focus on long-term fulfillment rather than short-term success and,...

When aspirations are perceived to be achievable, ambition and drive can erase excuses.

The way to screw up somebody’s life is to give them what they want.

Here’s a funny question:What is your favorite word?Think about it—maybe it’s a word that makes you absolutely happy, or a word that sounds gloriously beautiful, or a word that evokes awe and wonder. Maybe you...

It is hope–with regard to our careers, our love lives, our children, our politicians, and our planet–that is primarily to blame for angering and embittering us. The incompatibility between the grandeur of our aspirations and...

It doesn’t matter if you’re born in a duck yard, so long as you are hatched from a swan’s egg!

I wondered about the explorers who’d sailed their ships to the end of the world. How terrified they must have been when they risked falling over the edge; how amazed to discover, instead, places they...

Our strategy is to play on the dreams and aspirations of the people. A passenger travelling sleeper class aspires to travel AC class, not by air. If we offer AC travel for just a little...

Wake up with a purpose and make every effort to succeed. Many people spend their lives just going through the motions. They are satisfied with their daily routines or habitual lifestyles. Don’t be complacent with...

aspirations for something else.

Q: I want to be an author when I grow up. Am I insane?”Neil Gaiman: “Yes. Growing up is highly overrated. Just be an author.”[Jumbo.com, 21 August 2012]

Obviously, Murray State has got a great program and a great tradition. As an assistant coach, everybody has aspirations to be a head coach, but in no way am I in a hurry to leave...

The Palestinian people have apparently voted for change, but we believe that their aspirations for peace and a peaceful life remain unchanged.

I think everybody’s aspirations as an elite athlete are to be in the top of their sport, and I think (the Olympics) are attainable for Steven. He’s in the top 5 percent of divers I’ve...

The land of possibility is a better place to make your home than the realm of expectation will ever be

Aim higher in case you fall short.

Stop aspiring and start being. The world needs you!

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

It’s daring to be curious about the unknown, to dream big dreams, to live outside prescribed boxes, to take risks, and above all, daring to investigate the way we live until we discover the deepest...

No, there is no defection. The Cuban team is in very high spirits. The aspirations from when we left Havana have been multiplied.

We’ve enjoyed very pleasant cooperation with the Democratic Party and other pro-democrats in the legislature. We share the same set of aspirations and thoughts on the road to democratic development and we’ll surely continue to...

[While McCain’s presidential aspirations faltered,] Something real and dynamic has happened, … We formed a real hearty band of bipartisan, bicameral reformers. … We’re going to keep charging here until we get the job done.

If every day you are not paying the price to make your dreams come true, then your everyday is a price that you are paying to stop your dreams coming true.

He who robs us of our dreams robs us of our life.

The wide world was changing, and she wanted a different place in it.Not just wanted, but felt she deserved. If the world didn’t owe her a living, as her mother repeatedly warned her, it owed...

I definitely haven’t given up my aspirations of being a rock star,

The measure of a society is not only what it does but the quality of its aspirations.

Now GAM can use ballots, not bullets, to fulfill their aspirations.

A person’s hope does not drop really till he could not stop to believe truly in himself.

Change words like difficult/impossible/unrealistic to words like challenging/fun/daring/exciting, and then get back to working/playing/competing/winning

Imagine there’s no countriesIt isn’t hard to doNothing to kill or die forAnd no religion tooImagine all the peopleLiving life in peaceYou may say that I’m a dreamerBut I’m not the only oneI hope someday...

We are convinced that the key area in foreign policy should be the European aspirations of the Ukraine. That is integration to the EU and integration to NATO,

I nodded again, but I knew I would not grow up to drive a bulldozer. It would be awful to be dirty all day like these men. I didn’t say it, but at best I...

Attitudes are like mirrors, they reflect towards anyone that’s looking.

Confidently step into the future, knowing that God has got you this far as a promise that He is able to get you beyond.

I saw a star, I reached for it. I missed, so I accepted the sky

I am who I pretend to be, and right now I’m pretending to be my own clone.

I have clung To nothing, lov’d a nothing, nothing seen Or felt but a great dream!

If a man makes best use of whatever means he has at his disposal and also has the blessings of God then he will certainly fulfil all his aspirations and dreams.

For a university with global aspirations, it is critical that Harvard have a strong program on Islam that is worldwide and interdisciplinary in scope.

Nationalism is a form of cultural self-centeredness, and as a collective thought-form, can only exist because the dominant in-group is itself comprised of self-centered and narcissistic individuals.

If you were to ask me what kind of musical sound I aspire to produce, that noise would be a wet nipple sliding across a cheese grater. I’m a sucker for love songs.

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...

Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.

You don’t need to be a great singer to sing, but you have to practice singing to be a great singer.

What you hope for determines what you live for. What you hope for determines WHO you live for. Hope misplaced can devastate you.

While man’s desires and aspirations stir he cannot choose but err

Whatever phase of life you are in, make time to pause and reflect where you are heading to. It is a good time to insert a comma now and realign yourself to your inner self...

Hope fuels your inspirations while doubts assault your aspirations!