What we have, what we wish we had - ambitions fulfilled, ambitions disappointed, investments won, investments lost, elections won, elections lost - these things may occupy our attention, but they do not define us.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.
We live in an age of global expectations. Our hopes have converged in many ways, none more so than in our democratic aspirations.
If you asked somebody, 'what do you wish for in life?' they wouldn't say 'happiness.' I would have answered 'excitement, knowledge,' God knows - I mean, many, many different things, but certainly not 'happiness'. It seemed like a foreign concept to wish for something that specific and that singular.
We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set by the stereotypes that hold us back, but by our personal passion, talents and interests.
No wishes are silly, no dreams remain dreams, for those committed to clear and definitive goals.
Of all our dreams today there is none more important - or so hard to realise - than that of peace in the world. May we never lose our faith in it or our resolve to do everything that can be done to convert it one day into reality.
If I had one wish for my children, it would be that each of them would reach for goals that have meaning for them as individuals.
We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.
We live in the world's greatest democracy; we want for nothing. And that which we want, we can work toward achieving.
Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.