Aspirations Quotes

"Every summer has a story."

- Paige Drummond

"If there's heaven for me, I'm sure it has a beach attached to it."

- Jimmy Buffett

"You will find the key to success under the alarm clock."

- Benjamin Franklin

"I always wanted to be someone. Now I realize I should have been more specific."

- Lily Tomlin

"Here’s some advice I wish I woulda got when I was your age: Live every week like it’s Shark Week."

- Tracy Jordan

"I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat."

- Babe Ruth

"“The essence of America—that which really unites us—is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion—it is an idea—and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.”"

- Condoleezza Rice

"“Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.”"

- Albert Camus

"“Independence now and Independence forever!”"

- Daniel Webster

"“Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.”"

- Aung San Suu Kyi

"“We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still claim that title and wear its loftiest honors if we had stopped with the first thing we ever invented, which was human liberty.”"

- Mark Twain

"“America is another name for opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of divine providence on behalf of the human race.”"

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"“I say to you that our goal is freedom, and I believe we are going to get there because however much she strays away from it, the goal of America is freedom.”"

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The fact is: It’s true what they say about the United States. It is a land of opportunity. It is too various to get bored with it."

- Christopher Hitchens

"When I was growing up, I don’t remember being told that America was created so that everyone could get rich. I remember being told it was about opportunity and the pursuit of happiness. Not happiness itself, but the pursuit."

- Martin Scorsese

"I love my country, but I live in it for 46 weeks of the year, so is it really so terrible to admit that, when I go on holiday, I want to spend a few weeks somewhere - anywhere - else?"

- Julia Hartley-Brewer

"I've just been on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday. I'll tell you what, never again."

- Tim Vine

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your wild and precious life?"

- Mary Oliver

"I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky. And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by."

- John Masefield

"Dream higher than the sky and deeper than the ocean."

"The beach is calling, and I must go."

"Beach: if I’m not on it, near it, or looking at it, I’m dreaming of it."

"Chasing the sun, surf, and sand."

"May you always have a shell in your pocket and sand in your shoes."

"The ocean is everything I want to be. Beautiful, mysterious, wild, and free."

"And now she knows beautiful things take time."

"Dream, believe, achieve."

"To the moon."

"July is a great time to give yourself permission to reach for your dreams and fly."

"Have big dreams, you will grow into them."