{"quotes":[{"text":"The hallmark of great dreams is not their possibility but their impossibility, and the fact that it is the very notion of the ‘impossible’ that inspires us to go and accomplish them anyway.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["achieve","achievement","aspirations","dreams","goals","hopes","impossible","inspiration","inspire","possibilities","possible"],"id":3040,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"A guidance counselor who has made a fetish of security, or who has unwittingly surrendered his thinking to economic determinism, may steer a youth away from his dream of becoming a poet, an artist, a musician or any other of thousands of things, because it offers no security, it does not pay well, there are no vacancies, it has no 'future'.","author":"Henry M. Wriston","tags":["aspirations","dreams","economics","education","jobs","occupations"],"id":3535,"author_id":"Henry+M.+Wriston"},{"text":"The insinuation that without a female president women cannot pursue and achieve their dreams is not only false but recalls the ever-condenscending liberal attitude towards women: 'We know what women want, even if they do not.","author":"Alyssa Bornhorst","tags":["antiidentitypolitics","aspirations","dreams","hopes","identitypolitics","leftwing","liberal","liberalism","women"],"id":4830,"author_id":"Alyssa+Bornhorst"},{"text":"Defend your leadership roles with your true character. Never attack your own aspirations with corruption and unfaithfulness! Keep calm and be honest!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["aspirations","aspire","attack","corruption","defend","defense","faithful","food-for-thought","honest","honesty","israelmore-ayivor","keep-calm","lead","leader","leadership","role","roles","self-leadership","true-character","unfaithfulness"],"id":5984,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"The promise of aspiration is that it is evolutionary. The human condition is such that we are always aspiring to be something more, something better, something nobler. It starts as a thought, a want, a need, or a desire and then grows and evolves with intention and direction, upward with lust and hunger. The continued drive feeds the rise.","author":"Lorii Myers","tags":["aspirations","evolve","human","no-excuses"],"id":8274,"author_id":"Lorii+Myers"},{"text":"There are problems and there are problems. One big problem and a great paradox in the arena of life is the problem of where or how a person is now and where or how he wants to be tomorrow. Had it not been this problem, we would have been relaxing all day long.","author":"Ernest Agyemang Yeboah","tags":["anxiety","aspirations","daily-living","daily","inspirational","keep-calm","life-and-living","life-problems","vision","why-we-live","work-hard","worry","worry"],"id":11613,"author_id":"Ernest+Agyemang+Yeboah"},{"text":"What life can you create when those activities spent “killing” or “wasting” time were put into the quest for a better you? What would your life be like if instead of “chilling and net flicks” you devoted time to wellness and thinking? A much better life awaits you with some simple choices, backed by intentional actions.","author":"Tony Curl","tags":["aspirations","chilling","dreams","goal-setting","hopes"],"id":15732,"author_id":"Tony+Curl"},{"text":"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.","author":"Louisa May Alcott","tags":["aspirations","dreams","goals","ideals"],"id":24825,"author_id":"Louisa+May+Alcott"},{"text":"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 you'll join usAnd the world will be as one.","author":"John Lennon","tags":["aspirations","dreams","idealism","nationalism","peace","religion","song-lyrics","unity","war"],"id":31071,"author_id":"John+Lennon"},{"text":"When all the kids answered 'fireman', 'dentist', 'mother', 'want to marry a rich guy' and 'astronaut', mine was 'rockstar' when we grow up. Half of that was met. I knew I wouldn't be happy with any other occupation that was not in the entertainment business.","author":"Nona Sebastian","tags":["aspirations","rockstar","romance"],"id":31687,"author_id":"Nona+Sebastian"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":140,"pages":14,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}