Aspiring Quotes

“Everything you say and do...it all sparkles so brightly. It's too blinding for me, and I end up closing my eyes. But I can't help aspiring to be like you.”
― Arima Kousei

“Don't be indifferent about any random idea that occurs to you, because each and every idea is for a particular purpose. it may not be beneficial to you, but can be what others are craving for”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“At this rate, I'm still going to be aspiring by the time I'm expiring.”
― Scott Cherney

“I'm a struggling writer, I'm struggling to convince people I'm a writer.”
― Tom Conrad

“Quit aspiring and dreaming and start being.”
― Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

“I read daily, not so much for the benefit of my writing, but because I am addicted to it. There is nothing in the world for me that compares to being lost in a really good novel. That said, reading is an absolute must if you want to write. It is a trite enough thing to say, but very true nonetheless. I cannot understand aspiring writers who email me for advice and freely admit that they read very little. I have learned something from every writer I have ever read. Sometimes I have done so consciously, picking up something about how to frame a scene, or seeing a new possibility with regards to structure, or interesting ways to write dialogue. Other times, I think, my collective reading experience affects my sensibilities and informs me in ways that I am not quite aware of, but in real ways that impact how I approach writing. The short of it is, as an aspiring writer, there is nothing as damaging to your credibility as saying that you don’t like to read”
― Khaled Hosseini

“Every great man is an idol, an oracle of inquiry. Don't aspire to know the former, but aspire to know the diety in his soul.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“Success and nothing less, fly high or don't fly at all. . .”
― Nanley Losier

“Aspirations forms the plot of success.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“Let aspirations reach as leaves / which feel for sun beyond the clouds, / whatever warmth and radiance / might make your mind more like the rose:

(from Florescence)”
― Robert J. Tiess, The Humbling and Other Poems

“You will need seed money, so begin saving for your book. Don’t give up. Also, write down the ideas that you have right away so you don’t lose them.”
― Soraya Diase Coffelt

“Half of great writing or speaking is not saying everything that you can say.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Ambition: Aspiring to be the first person in history to win all Nobel Prize categories.”
― Steven Magee