ambitions β an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment: Too much ambition caused him to be disliked by his colleagues.
aspirations β a strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual aspirations.
beliefs β something believed; an opinion or conviction: a belief that the earth is flat.
desires β A strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.
goals β the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
prospects β Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
wishes β to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
assumptions β something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.