ASPIRED

Hoped for

• Aimed

• Aimed ambitiously

• Aimed for, with to

• Had ambitions

• Had dreams

• Had high hopes

• Longed

• Longed ambitiously

• Reached for

• Set goals

• Sought (after)

• Sought status

• Strived toward

• Strove

• Tried for lofty goals

• Was ambitious

• Yearned