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«The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations»
Author: Adam Smith | Keywords: aspirations
«The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.»
«People are more inclined to be drawn in if their leader has a compelling vision. Great leaders help people get in touch with their own aspirations and then will help them forge those aspirations into a personal vision.»
«The most terrible thing about materialism, even more terrible than its proneness to violence, is its boredom, from which sex, alcohol, drugs, all devices for putting out the accusing light of reason and suppressing the unrealizable aspirations of love, offer a prospect of deliverance.»
«The world can therefore seize the opportunity to fulfill the long-held promise of a New World Order where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind»
«The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.»
Author: John W. Gardner (Secretary, Writer) | About: Age | Keywords: aspirations, hallmark, sluggish
«The curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad tale. You may be poor, you may have only a ramshackle house, you may have lost your job, but that song gives you hope. African music is often about the aspirations of the A»
«The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.»
«The highest principles for our aspirations and judgements are given to us in the Jewish-Christian religious tradition. It is a very high goal which, with our weak powers, we can reach only very inadequately, but which gives a sure foundation to our aspirations and valuations.»
«The best of us still have our aspirations for the supreme goals of life, which is so often mocked by prosperous people who now control the world. We still believe that the world has a deeper meaning than what is apparent, and that therein the human s»

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