Aspiring Quotations

Encourage aspiring writers to continue writing when things are going against them, when it feels hard. Explain the typical obstacles that occur, and encourage and reassure them to continue, never to give up.

For anyone aspiring to be anything, I would like them to realise dreams require work. So work big time.

All of us have a 'voice' inside where all inspired thoughts come from. When I talk to children and aspiring writers, I always ask them to turn off the TV and listen to that voice inside them.

Aspiring to a souffle, he achieves a pancake at which the reader saws without much appetite.

I'm not an aspiring young actor; I'm a storyteller who made it late in life, and I'm therefore an inspiration to everyone who thinks that, at 23, if you're not in the Backstreet Boys, then you're never gonna make it.

As for advice for aspiring authors, the best I can give is to be brave. It sounds like a simple enough thing, but it's not. Rejection is such an integral part of this journey, and it never goes away.

There is an enormous shadow industry of scammers and amateurs who prey on aspiring writers, who divert people from the real publishing industry into this shadow world of vanity publishing and fee-charging agents.

My ultimate crush may be Judith McNaught - I met her once more than 20 years ago, and she was incredibly kind and encouraging to me. I adore that woman. But I also fangirl over aspiring or beginning authors, because every time I talk with them, I'm so energized and inspired.

I think most Americans would agree that we need sensible solutions that fix our immigration system and deal humanely with aspiring citizens currently in our country. At the same time, these solutions must increase the security of our borders.

One of my top tips for aspiring entrepreneurs: Tell everyone you know about your idea. This runs contrary to the instinct that most people have, because they're afraid someone is going to 'steal my ideal.' Ideas alone are worth very little; it's in the execution and market feedback that companies are made.

'Dial Star' is about an aspiring actress who finds the cell phone of AnnaLynne McCord and impersonates her.

My teeth are all right, but they are not American teeth, and my hair is not thick and luscious. Los Angeles is dense with beautiful people, and most of the men who are aspiring actors are 5ft 5in, so I tower above them.

Heaven and God are not high above us, far away; they are deep within us. Heaven is not a distant country where there are trees and houses and other objects; it is a plane of consciousness within us. Seekers of the eternal Truth will realise their eternal Heaven within their aspiring hearts.

I do think that the elections of 2010 and 2012 are going to determine the trajectory of the country. Either we're going to be aspiring and improving opportunities based on freedom and responsibility, or we're going to go down the path that dictates and mandates a dependency on government.

I've lived out many of the dreams I had as a little girl, back when I was riding my pony, mucking stalls, feeding cows, aspiring to finally become a professional jockey and racing in stakes races on a worldwide stage.

I have very specific advice for aspiring writers: go to New York. And if you can't go to New York, go to the place that represents New York to you, where the standards for writing are high, there are other people who share your dreams, and where you can talk, talk, talk about your interests.

The Kosovars were granted autonomy at the end of World War II, but then aspiring president Milosevic had the autonomy revoked in 1989, and the Dayton Accords of 1995, which ended the recent war in Bosnia and Croatia, failed to address the issue of Kosovo's status.

I find it always pleasurable talking with young people, particularly those aspiring to be writers, out of nostalgia, and because I've always felt that we oldies can learn so much from them and draw from them inspiration in our flagging and rickety years.

Anyone aspiring to literary greatness should read 'New Grub Street' and weep.

'Shun security,' I advise aspiring novelists when they complain to me that they are stuck. 'Get disoriented. Maybe your agonizing writing block isn't agonizing enough. Your enemy is comfort.'

She's the only girl I've ever married who's not an actress or an aspiring actress, and you have no idea what a pleasure that is.

Girls Incorporated of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey continues to advance their cause and to strengthen their community by aspiring to open a Girl's Center for Philadelphia.

I actually have, in all seriousness, in the back of my mind someday to write a book, the title of which would be 'Quit Now and Other Practical Advice for the Aspiring Actor.'

He commented that maybe I could write a mythos tale for a book he would soon edit, called Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos. Of course I got to work on it right away. Hey, I mean, this should happen to every aspiring writer!

I'm always amused when people point out that Benjamin's naivety about the publishing process is just so unbelievable in Starborn #1 since, of course, no aspiring writer in reality could ever be so naive.

I was an aspiring astrophysicist, and that's how I defined myself, not by my skin color. People didn't treat me as someone with science ambitions. They treated me as someone they thought was going to mug them, or who was a shoplifter.

Ironically, if only because over the years I've known so many - from college deans to studio executives to European expats - who come to Los Angeles aspiring to nothing other than living in Topanga, I wound up there by accident.

Landlords are very bullish because they know there is still strong demand for rented accommodation. This stems from aspiring first-time buyers who cannot afford to enter the market.

It is indeed fitting and appropriate that Bob Lewis be included in this select company. Through this race for generations to come, horsemen and the public alike will be able to associate Bob Lewis with aspiring young 3-year-olds on their way to the Santa Anita Derby.

I think at that point we were aspiring to be a Led Zeppelin kind of a band where you could pick up your acoustic instruments or you could go out and rock or you could play a country song. I love all those bands we got mentioned with, but it never felt like we fit into that group very well. So the fact that they're still saying, 'The band that survived grunge' is kind of funny.

Kathy Whitworth is golf's definition of a champion, having been both one of the finest players in history and a role model for aspiring women professionals. By her example, Kathy has brought more attention to golf throughout her remarkable career and has never wavered in supporting the game both within her community and throughout the country. The PGA of America is very pleased to present her with the PGA First Lady of Golf Award.

I would advise young aspiring theater artists to do as many shows as possible. It doesn't matter if it's in the basement of a church, in school, or in community theater. Do them wherever you can; big parts or small, it doesn't matter.

The aspiring soul which he embodies is the lover in him. And the transcendental Self which he reveals from within is his Beloved.

With the strong support of the Department of Commerce, we're also able to reach across the state to aspiring IT entrepreneurs to help speed the formation and growth of their companies.

We recorded that EP with an aspiring sound engineer and played a lot of graduation parties. Surprisingly, we grew the most after I left for Marquette (in fall 2004). We've learned how to play our instruments really well in the past year.

We set high standards. In training every day we are on at the players and we keep working at things and giving them targets. But they are all aspiring to do better so it is just a matter of keeping them hungry.

I see myself much more as a writer/director or at least an aspiring writer/director - not necessarily in film.

There are more film schools here than any other city, pumping out more aspiring filmmakers, and there is nowhere to show their work.

There is little doubt that the planned development programs will be a major boost for rugby on the North American continent, which has great potential for growth. This tournament will provide a new level of competition for aspiring elite players in the regions and will expand the depth of the player bases in both unions.

We began like any other borderline awful local garage band aspiring to impress the ever-feared and revered local promoters. Handing out fliers just wasn't converting to any new faces at the shows, so we started playing our acoustic guitars outside every concert, high school, and college campus. We had something like a colonel's map of schools and addresses and times pinned on the wall, and every day we'd attack a different locale.

When aspiring actors ask me how they can make it in this business, I always ask them, Do you really want to act? I did it because I wanted to do it.

When aspiring writers ask me about how they should target their writing, I tell them to pay no attention to that kind of thing. It will restrict you. You will end up falling into stereotypes in an effort to tailor your work toward a perceived genre category.

We're excited to have Manny back in the Thunder fold and have created opportunities for aspiring soccer players to learn the game from one of the top players, professionals, and positive role models to have come out of Minnesota. We have made a promise to the soccer community to bring the Minnesota soccer people back to the Thunder; this is another major step in fulfilling that promise.

While no one is expected to leap tall buildings in a single bound, our aspiring heroes will be tested on their courage, integrity, self-sacrifice, compassion and resourcefulness - the stuff of all true superheroes.

Digital publishing technology is opening new doors to new authors, ... The Xerox Aspiring Authors program recognizes the people who conceive the ideas, create the stories, drive the new business models, and leverage the new technology that is creating a sea change in digital publishing.

The single best piece of advice I give to aspiring writers is to always write about things that they know. I suggest that they write about people and places and events and conflicts they are familiar with. That way their writing will be real and hopefully readers will respond to it. I try to take my own advice.

What happens in Jamaica today is that the elites stay because they have the power. It's the upwardly mobile and aspiring professional classes that leave.

'Fight Master' is a proving ground for young, aspiring fighters who want a chance to play on a bigger stage. That's something it has in common with 'The Ultimate Fighter,' which has always been like a farm league for the UFC, a place to develop new talent.

Once we begin to want, we fall under the jurisdiction of the Devil. It is a great force, and a great fortune, to be able to live without any ambition whatever. I aspire to it, but the very fact of so aspiring still participates in ambition.

A lot of comedians out there are aspiring actors, but Dave Attell is a comedian who loves doing comedy and loves to tour. It's great seeing people who love what they do.

Empowering the next generation of Hispanic women is a key priority for the U.S. Hispanic economy, and I can't think of a more inspirational and empowering event for aspiring Latina students than the Woman of the Year Awards.

This tournament will provide a new level of competition for aspiring elite players in the regions and will expand the depth of the player bases in both unions.

They see the skills he has and what he's accomplished and are aspiring to do the same.

In my case, I belong to a group of aspiring and practicing biographers in Boston. We meet once a month for a coupla hours. It's become my lifeline - forgive the pun.

I never officially met Mr. Dunn but observed him from afar at the New York Society of Illustrators where he had been their president and I was still an aspiring art student.

I'm happy to help Crest Whitestrips on their mission to inspire photographers everywhere to capture smile moments and would encourage aspiring photographers to express themselves through their photos.

I'm marketing to the average joe surfer. Guys who just want to go in the water every day, up to the guys who are aspiring to be professionals.

At any comic book convention in America, you'll find aspiring cartoonists with dozens of complex plot ideas and armloads of character sketches. Only a small percentage ever move from those ideas and sketches to a finished book.

Taking place in some Nordic-looking hinterland where all the seasons are out of whack, 'Game of Thrones' is the most aggressive example since 'Battlestar Galactica' of a genre that's perceived as adolescent aspiring to be fully adult.

The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, ''Thus far and no farther.''

Aristotle wrote the 'Poetics' 2,400 years ago. It's really an instruction manual for aspiring filmmakers. It's as valid today as it was then.

Every week, I take two phone calls or meetings with an aspiring producer or director.

The mind, a broad, vast array of aspiring mental, intellectual and psychological qualities by which human beings most complex endeavors are methodically consummated successfully.

It will also promote cultural and educational opportunities for musically talented youth and aspiring musicians in Jamaica.

By examining the unconventional ways that architects realize that they can wear many hats in the process of positively influencing the build as well as the natural environment, aspiring young designers find themselves in a better position to succeed in a world that is always willing to reward inventiveness over business as usual.

I wanted to be Brooke Shields, and my mother was an aspiring photographer, so I was, of course, the only one who would sit still long enough for her to get things in focus, and I loved doing that.

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.

It's a place I grew up watching games at and aspiring to play at so I think when I come here I got an extra little boost. My family's here. I don't know if that has anything to do with it but I think I am just fortunate to get the chances. It is just a great feeling to come to play here. It was a great effort by Chad (Barrett) and he deserves a lot of credit on my goal.

It's just good for our business to be aspiring to this.

The one thing an aspiring writer must understand is that it's hard. If you think it's not hard, you're not doing it right.