Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?
I haven't lost that quest and that thirst to do something great.
My love is of a birth as rare As 'tis, for object, strange and high; It was begotten by Despair Upon Impossibility.
I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made president.
I feel I expect greatness from myself.
His purity was too great, his aspiration too high for this poor, miserable world! His great soul is now only enjoying that for which it was worthy!
… a noble dream
I personally can barely remember what I was like before I came to college, what made me happy or worried or confident. I don't remember what I expected in my future, except that 'President of the United States' was about halfway up the ladder.
I would love to work with Derek Cianfrance. Why not? You've always got to aim big!
When I'm singing I'm always trying to get to the highest point possible. I'd fly to the top of Buckingham Palace to sing to the queen.
My expectations on myself exceed any of those put on me.
We must always aim for the impossible; if we lower our goal, we also diminish our effort.
A person’s first duty, a young person’s at any rate, is to be ambitious, and the noblest ambition is that of leaving behind something of permanent value.
Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.
A mission to entertain the world is a good one because it's impossible to achieve.
They say aim for the stars, but I want to aim beyond the stars.
If you're not shooting for the top, then what are you doing?
Teach me, O lark! with thee to greatly rise, to exalt my soul and lift it to the skies.
Life is too short for aught but high endeavor.
For as long as I can remember, I always knew that I had to do something extraordinary with my life.
I am disproportionately ambitious.
Aspire greatly; anything less than a commitment to excellence becomes an acceptance of mediocrity.
Great God, I ask thee for no meaner pelf Than that I may not disappoint myself, That in my action I may soar as high As I can now discern with this clear eye.
We aim above the mark, to hit the mark. Every act hath some falsehood of exaggeration in it.
We have the most glorious purposes of any nation in history.
