990+ Best Dreams Quotes

A city is not gauged by its length and width, but by the broadness of its vision and the height of its dreams. Herb Caen

A daydream is an evasion. Thomas Merton

If you always think about your dreams or goals, work steadfastly towards them and continue to challenge yourself, you will definitely be able to realise those dreams or goals. Tadashi Yanai

After having done this whole slew of press for 'Big Love', now I'll have anxiety dreams for like a week and a half about all the stupid things I said. I can't even imagine being in front of the cameras all the time. I had a weird dream the other night that I was on 'Jersey Shore.' Chloe Sevigny

I stayed true to my dreams and, eventually, they came true. Kevin Hart

A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me. David Bailey

I dream that someday the step between my mind and my finger will no longer be needed. And that simply by blinking my eyes, I shall make pictures. Then, I think, I shall really have become a photographer. Alfred Eisenstaedt

Goal-getting matters. And writing down the brave acts and bold dreams you intend to accomplish will provide the spark to get them done. Robin S. Sharma

A friend told me that teenage girls are always looking for someone to pin their dreams on. That doesn't make it any less weird though. Orlando Bloom

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. Colin Powell

All my life, I've had these flashbacks, these dreams, nightmares, daymares, like visions, where I relive certain plays. Only the bad plays. I see them over and over, as if somebody's rewinding a tape and forcing me to watch. Colin Kaepernick

Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream. Debby Boone

Like all young reporters - brilliant or hopelessly incompetent - I dreamed of the glamorous life of the foreign correspondent: prowling Vienna in a Burberry trench coat, speaking a dozen languages to dangerous women, narrowly escaping Sardinian bandits - the usual stuff that newspaper dreams are made of. Russell Baker

As you look back at your life, there are just a million different things that have happened, just in the right way, to allow you to make your dreams come true. And you know, someone has all that under control. Michael P. Anderson

Acting is fantastic, but to be able to create a whole world on celluloid is amazing. It's like taking your dreams straight from your head and projecting them onto a screen. Amber Benson

I would say don't take advice from people like me who have gotten very lucky. We're very biased. You know, like Taylor Swift telling you to follow your dreams is like a lottery winner telling you, 'Liquidize your assets; buy Powerball tickets - it works!' Bo Burnham


A lot of people put pressure on themselves and think it will be way too hard for them to live out their dreams. Mentors are there to say, 'Look, it's not that tough. It's not as hard as you think. Here are some guidelines and things I have gone through to get to where I am in my career.' Joe Jonas

I never had those dreams of making the Olympics. Never. Malcolm Gladwell

Amplifying atoms is more subtle than amplifying electromagnetic waves because atoms can only change their quantum state and cannot be created. Therefore, even if one could amplify gold atoms, one would not realize the dreams of medieval alchemy. Wolfgang Ketterle

I don't design clothes, I design dreams. Ralph Lauren

All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together. Jack Kerouac

For me, the sketching of dresses was about fantasy and dreams. In my little room at home, I felt that I was somewhere else. In Paris, for instance. Alber Elbaz

Dreaming men are haunted men. Stephen Vincent Benet

A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams. Simone Weil

As a child our dreams got scattered all about and all our future prospects got scattered to so many places, and we spend our lives trying to find the little pieces that make up our lives and make up the dreams that we had as a child that got blown away in the windstorm. Terrence Howard

A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares... if you don't really work them. Dolly Parton

In my dreams, I could be a Princess, and that's what I was. Like most little girls, I believed nothing less than a Prince could make my dreams come true. Loretta Young

Always wear cute pyjamas to bed, you'll never know who u will meet in your dreams. Joel Madden

I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams. Susan Sontag

I learned to dream through reading, learned to create dreams through writing, and learned to develop dreamers through teaching. I shall always be a dreamer. Come dream with me. Sharon Draper

After more than a decade as the editor of 'Wired' magazine, Chris Anderson started the company of his dreams - a robotics manufacturing company called 3D Robotics - to produce the autonomous flying vehicles coming out of DIY Drones. Peter Diamandis

I believe the reason we sleep is not just to allow our body to rest but that it is to allow this inner wisdom to speak to us through symbols. This includes the body or somatic problems as well as psychological ones. Dreams and drawings are useful in diagnosing physical conditions. Bernie Siegel

A runner must run with dreams in his heart, not money in his pocket. Emil Zatopek

Follow your dreams, believe in yourself and don't give up. Rachel Corrie

Don't think your dreams don't come true, because they do. You'd better be careful what you wish for. And I truly and honestly - one day I am doing the 'Beaver' show and I said, 'This is the show I have always wanted to do.' Barbara Billingsley

A God Jar is anything you wish it to be, in which you can put your wishes, dreams, problems, prayers. You may want to think of it as a spiritual mailbox. Julia Cameron

All of us gave it all we've got, overcame a whole lot just being on the show and learned a lot about ourselves. We're just normal people trying to do what we love and follow our dreams. Carrie Underwood

Actors endow the villain in fiction with a warmth and quality that makes them memorable. I think we like fictional villains because they're the Mr. Hyde of our own dreams. I've met a few real villains in my time, and they weren't the least bit sympathetic. John Rhys-Davies

I want to be a role model. I want to be able to know that I inspired girls to work hard and go for their dreams and to never give up. Laurie Hernandez

I heard my name associated with the Peter Pan syndrome more than once. But really, what's so wrong with Peter Pan? Peter Pan flies. He is a metaphor for dreams and faith. Mark Burnett

A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That's my fatal, absurd nature. Shakira

An Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. Yoko Ono

Every writer dreams of having the ability to hold forth for 8,000 words and pull all these different forms together: history, reportage, journalism. That was all I really wanted, and 'The Atlantic' was my first high-profile opportunity. Ta-Nehisi Coates

All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. T. E. Lawrence

Cyclops, that's like this primal fear. I had dreams for years that the Cyclops was a small creature living in our huge fish tank at home, and at night, it was going to grow to full size and come after me. Henry Selick

A true architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist. They take a diverse number of stakeholders, extract needs, concerns, and dreams, then create a beautiful yet tangible solution that is loved by the users and the community at large. We create vessels in which life happens. Cameron Sinclair

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it. Jerry B. Jenkins

A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die. Les Brown

I think there's a time as a writer when you want to see the best things in life, and you go out wherever you go with your dreams as a writer or a composer. Tori Amos

America allows us to be able to dream, then gives us the ability to achieve those dreams. Rick Mears

I have dreams of becoming a professional pastry chef and having a little bakery - that's how much I love baking. I love to cook in general, but my heart lies in desserts. Kim Barnouin

Honestly, I don't remember the last time I had a dream. I don't really sleep often enough to be able to have any dreams. Rob Kardashian

All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time. Otto Dix

Economics is not a science; it is a quasi-religion: part superstition, part mystique, part sentimentality. Bankers dream like other men, the only difference being that when their dreams turn to nightmares, we all lose sleep. There can be no trusting the muttering of any prelate when it comes to money. Howard Jacobson

A strong mentor can help a young woman find and advance in the career of her dreams that otherwise may have seemed impossible. Kirsten Gillibrand

But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and such ideals, and dream such dreams of lofty purpose, that we can determine and know what manner of men we will be, whenever and wherever the hour strikes and calls to noble action. Joshua Chamberlain

A heart without dreams is like a bird without feathers. Suzy Kassem

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. Walt Disney

We are certainly not to relinquish the evidence of experiments for the sake of dreams and vain fictions of our own devising; nor are we to recede from the analogy of Nature, which is wont to be simple and always consonant to itself. Isaac Newton

I think dreams can come true, but not necessarily like fairy-tales. It's not always so perfect like that. Patrick Dempsey


Actors, their greatest tool, their greatest resource is imagination. You can take things, power objects, you can recruit your dreams, you can access your memories and get there. So the idea is not to act but to just be. Nicolas Cage

I had dreams of becoming an officer and a gentleman. But hey: One out of two ain't bad. Rhys Darby

Happiness is making your dreams come true. Jourdan Dunn

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. John Barrymore

Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. John Updike

An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head. Emil Zatopek

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. Oscar Wilde

Being an actor is fantastic because you get to live your dreams and all of that, but I always think it's slightly irritating when you hear from the outside world, and people are like, 'Yeah, well, if I was an actor, and all I had to do was look good, I could be that ripped, too.' Charlie Hunnam

All men of action are dreamers. James Huneker

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau

A visionary is someone who can see the future, or thinks he sees the future. In my case, I use it and it comes out right. That doesn't come from daydreams or dreams, but it comes from knowing the market and knowing the world and knowing people really well and knowing where they're going to be tomorrow. Leonard Lauder

I save my dreams and hopes for my kids. When I'm making a wish under a bridge or tunnel, it's always for them. Alison Sweeney

A lot of people have their big dreams and get knocked down and don't have things go their way. And you never give up hope, and you really just hold on to it. Hard work and perserverance. You just keep getting up and getting up, and then you get that breakthrough. Robert Kraft

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else. Umberto Eco

I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color. Gary Ross

Americans are hard working, innovative, proud people who want bad government policies and high taxes to get out of the way so they can take care of their families and pursue their dreams. Tim Walberg

Genius is an African who dreams up snow. Vladimir Nabokov

All books are either dreams or swords, you can cut, or you can drug, with words. Amy Lowell

Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy. Sigmund Freud

As I and the rest of my Pittsburgh Steelers teammates prepared that week in late December 1974, we knew one thing: The road to the Super Bowl in the AFC went through Oakland. To achieve your dreams as a team, you had to slay the Oakland Raiders. They were the barometer of what it took to be a championship team. Joe Greene

A successful life is one that is lived through understanding and pursuing one's own path, not chasing after the dreams of others. Chin-Ning Chu

I would like to instill in people just to work hard. As long as they keep at it, their dreams will happen. Misty May-Treanor

A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence. Pam Brown

I mostly play old period songs, as they suit a ukulele more. I bought it when I saw the tribute concert to George Harrison. Joe Brown came on and sang 'I'll See You In My Dreams,' and there wasn't a dry eye in the house. Charles Dance

All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams. Elias Canetti

I didn't learn much about writing at Sarah Lawrence, but I learned a lot about the sources of poems - dreams, myth, history - from the really great teachers, Joseph Campbell, Charles Trinkhaus, Bert Loewenberg, and a young Australian anthropologist named Harry Hawthorne. Carolyn Kizer

Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding. John Locke

For an entrepreneur with 'improbable' and 'impossible' dreams, the alleged stability that comes from getting 'a real job' is nothing but a sign of slavery. Fabrizio Moreira

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

And our dreams are who we are. Barbara Sher

I was always a closet lover of acting. My mom was very practical. She never, ever restricted our dreams, always told us we could do or be anything. Then I said, 'Maybe I want to be an actor'. And she said, 'Maybe not that'. Octavia Spencer

I know God loves me. I tell people all the time I'm one of his favorite childs. I had to believe in something bigger than me - bigger than man. I had to believe that God would send somebody across my path to keep my dreams alive. Darlene Love

I believe dreams represent the purest form of fantasy we unleash through our subconscious. They represent the truest freedom we can experience. Totally unrepressed and totally creative. Miguel

Field of Dreams is probably our generation's It's A Wonderful Life. Kevin Costner

My greatest mistake is that my dreams were too small. Shimon Peres

Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you. John Wooden

I used to work at a movie theater and sold hams at Honey Baked Ham during the holidays. I sold a ton of hams, and they offered me a regular job there, which I turned down. I feel like anything you do, just do it 100% because then that work ethic will bleed through when it's time to work on your dreams. Tika Sumpter

I have my own production company called Urban Dreams. Chaske Spencer

I always wanted to be a Californian. In my wildest dreams, I always liked California - it's the place where oranges grows on trees! Fruit just falls off the trees. Eric Burdon

Every actor dreams of getting a big break, a big opportunity. Liam McIntyre

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

It's not too late, I can still live my dreams. Diana Nyad

I think the 20s are a vastly overrated decade. We promise kids that once they get out of school, life will begin and their dreams will come true. But then comes the struggle. Tyne Daly


I have big dreams. I want to keep songwriting. Direct films. Be a parent. Sia

Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. Langston Hughes

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living. Anais Nin

But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false? H. P. Lovecraft

If you don't have dreams, you don't have a life. Bryce Harper

I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I feel like I've accomplished all my fantasies and childhood dreams. I had nothing; now I have everything. Terezinha Guilhermina

Going back to the moon is not visionary in restoring space leadership for America. Like its Apollo predecessor, it will prove to be a dead end littered with broken spacecraft, broken dreams and broken policies. Buzz Aldrin

Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans. Candice Bergen

Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead. Jim Valvano

Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together. Eugene Ionesco

I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires. Khalil Gibran

I don't read good books anymore, it seems; I just buy them and put them on the shelf and every now and then walk over and pet them. I'm like the optimistic dieter who fills her closet with clothes two sizes too small and dreams of the day she can wear them. I know just what I want to do when I retire. Mary Roach

Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up. Aung San Suu Kyi

Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you. Marsha Norman

As aspiring athletes, you should never give up on your dreams. Just believe in yourself, and everything will be possible. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it's as if something bubbles up from within. Their eyes brighten, their face glows, and you can feel the excitement in their words. John C. Maxwell

I work, and then whenever I have any other time, I'm with my daughter, and then I go to sleep. I think you basically have to abandon the dreams of having any other adult activities in your life. You have to go to sleep whenever your child goes to sleep. That's basically how we're doing it. Tina Fey

I love watching people's dreams come true. Jessica Simpson

I challenge you to be dreamers; I challenge you to be doers and let us make the greatest place in the world even better. Brian Schweitzer

Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams. Donovan Bailey

Dream in a pragmatic way. Aldous Huxley

I wanted to be a musician, either a guitarist or a drummer. I guess my dreams were in the entertainment industry, and I landed somewhere along there. Israel Broussard

Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the 'leaders' must take back our rights, our identities, our responsibilities. Maya Angelou

I just want that sensation you have in dreams when you fly to be real. Janet Montgomery

I am quite a dreamer. I think we all are dreamers. We all don't like to live a practical life all the time. There is a thin line between our hopes and dreams. Rani Mukerji

Everyone dreams, but not everybody remembers their dreams because some people go into delta; they go too low. Sylvia Browne

Do all you can to make your dreams come true. Joel Osteen

I think when you're in a relationship where you really care for the other person, when they achieve their dreams it's better than when you do yourself. Nicole Kidman

I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams. Jonas Salk

Thankfully, dreams can change. If we'd all stuck with our first dream, the world would be overrun with cowboys and princesses. Stephen Colbert

How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams. Bram Stoker

Even in the hardest circumstances, dreams can give you the courage to live, and I hope I can share that message with children in need. Kim Yuna

Carrie Underwood was just a small-town Oklahoma girl with big dreams in 2005 when she competed on the fourth season of 'American Idol.' She is one of the few true 'American Idol' success stories and went on to have incredible career success. Fabrizio Moreira

I think of myself as a catalyst of action and a messenger of hope, turning people onto themselves and turning people onto their dreams. Les Brown

I have a long way to go as far as my acting career is concerned. Lots of milestones are to be achieved and dreams to be fulfilled. I would someday want to do playback singing, too, as I am a very passionate singer. Roop Durgapal

Here's what I see all across this great city - people working together to make Boston a better place to live and to raise children, to grow and pursue dreams. Thomas Menino

One day, one of my dreams is to someday get to do Nemo in '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.' Nicolas Cage

Dreams get you into the future and add excitement to the present. Robert Conklin

Beware of advice about successful people and their methods. For starters, no two situations are alike. Your dreams of creating a dry-cleaning empire won't be helped by knowing that Thomas Edison liked to take naps. Scott Adams

If you ask me, there's nothing more incredible than a woman who's in charge of her own destiny - and working daily to make her dreams a reality. Ivanka Trump

I still have dreams about CBGB's. I still miss the place. Henry Rollins

I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky; then I awoke. Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man? Zhuangzi

God doesn't want us to merely sit around dreaming about things we can do and be. That's a good place to start, but a poor place to stop. God wants us to turn our dreams into action. Victoria Osteen

Dreams are the touchstones of our character. Henry David Thoreau

Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment. Jean Baudrillard

At first, dreams seem impossible, then improbable, and eventually inevitable. Christopher Reeve

I'd definitely be the kind of parent who enabled my child's dreams. I'd just watch and nurture and guide them. I have the blueprints of what not to do... I think I'd be a good parent, actually. Drew Barrymore


I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. Frida Kahlo

I don't have time for regrets. I go forward; I'm a doer, and I always have projects and dreams. Guler Sabanci

For most of us, when our 'dreams' - I use the word with reservations - came true, and marriage and motherhood became a reality, the romcoms, like horoscopes, swiftly lost their allure. Mariella Frostrup

Dreaming of a tomorrow, which tomorrow, will be as distant then as 'tis today. Lope de Vega

As a foreigner, I used to think all of Michigan was a post-apocalyptic wasteland of burning buildings, trashed cars, abandoned factories and broken dreams. But now I know that's just Detroit. It's only the Democrat-controlled areas that are a disaster. Milo Yiannopoulos

In my dreams, I have Keira Knightley's eyebrows. Anna Kendrick

I was part of that group of kids growing up in the '80s under the Reagan regime, what I used to call 'living in the shadow of Dr. Manhattan,' where we would have dreams all the time that New York City was being destroyed, and that that wall of light and destruction was rolling out and would just devour our neighborhood. Junot Diaz

I like 'Donnie Darko;' it's a cool take on dreams and sleep. Mike Birbiglia

I came to the United States in the early '80s and was welcomed with open arms and given the opportunity to pursue my dreams. God has been very kind to us. My family and I are fortunate enough to be successful and we feel a tremendous responsibility and obligation to give back to our great country. Naveen Jain

Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Sasha Cohen

Dopamine is a chemical released in your brain and your body when you sleep that paralyzes your body so you don't act out your dreams. Mike Birbiglia

I want to create an economy where minimum wage is a very brief stepping stone to higher-paying jobs so people can realize their dreams. Thom Tillis

I hope I can make more miracles, more dreams come true. Guan Tianlang

I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way. Lady Gaga

Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives. Douglas Coupland

Dare to visualize a world in which your most treasured dreams have become true. Ralph Marston

Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream. Khalil Gibran

I think we all need to believe in hope: that if we have dreams and if we have ambitions and if we have skills and talents - that if you really put your heart into something and you work at it hard enough - that you can make your dreams come true. David Furnish

I have dreams that I will reach balance in my life, and, at forty-one, I have none. Andrew Breitbart

Honestly, I find the analysis of dreams is one of the dullest things. I say this as a therapist kid. I find them deeply uninteresting, as a window to the soul. Ira Glass

Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams. Patrice Motsepe

But what I was going to say was, I just figured I'm going to go boldly in the direction of my dreams, say it as Thoreau would say, and just see where it takes me. Demetri Martin

We are in a world where globalization, which is an ideology, has forgotten and put aside the people, the people's interests, aspirations, and dreams. Marine Le Pen

I think everyone dreams of that nice romantic wedding. Lance Bass

I had dreams, but I didn't have the sense that they would necessarily work out. They seemed very far-fetched. Greta Gerwig

Having achieved my own dreams, I want to give to kids who are less fortunate, who struggle with everyday obstacles. I want to give them something positive in their lives: support. Kristi Yamaguchi

Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education. Lawrence Welk

Believe in and follow your dreams. Kristanna Loken

If our dreams are sincere desires to achieve, not mere pipe-dreams, there is something deep within ourselves which comes out to meet them and helps to make them realities. Orison Swett Marden

I say to my colleagues never confine your best work, your hopes, your dreams, the aspiration of the American people to what will be signed by George W. Bush because that is too limiting a factor. Nancy Pelosi

The song 'What Goes Up' was inspired as I was playing the piano and reminiscing about the Spaceship One launches I witnessed in the Mojave desert. It is an awesome thing to comprehend the magnitude of what a human being dreams and imagines can be realized. Vanna Bonta

I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough. M. C. Escher

Giving children a fair chance to achieve their dreams and reach their potential is everyone's responsibility. Randi Weingarten

Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say more of life? Havelock Ellis

As I live and am a man, this is an unexaggerated tale - my dreams become the substances of my life. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I would like to see anyone be able to achieve their dreams, and that's what this organization does. Sergey Brin

I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to. Magic Johnson

I do have the odd dream where I'm on stage and I've completely forgotten what I'm meant to be performing - so they are more nightmares than dreams. Kate Bush

Richard Nixon had a kind of Walter Mitty fantasy life. He was a man with a grandiose thoughts: dreams of not simply being president but maybe becoming one of the truly great presidents of American history. Robert Dallek

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

Dream small dreams. If you make them too big, you get overwhelmed and you don't do anything. If you make small goals and accomplish them, it gives you the confidence to go on to higher goals. John H. Johnson

And whether a child is born in the urban sprawl of Detroit or the windswept plains of Nebraska, they look up at the same night sky, they fill their heart with the same dreams, and they are infused with the breath of life by the same almighty Creator. Donald Trump

I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange. Charley Pride

I know how men in exile feed on dreams. Aeschylus

I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now? John Lennon

Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life. Douglas Coupland

My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can't take that away from me. Derek Jeter

Don't let expertise fool you into seeing false boundaries or underestimating those with wild dreams. Naveen Jain

I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities, people's distress, and their hopes and dreams. Princess Diana


I have shared my whole life. My private and my show business life. It helps me actually to feel my songs and to go on with my dreams. Celine Dion

I am a Democrat. But first and foremost, I am a Coloradan and an American who wants government to function and solve the challenges we face as a country, then make way for people to pursue their dreams without interference. Jared Polis

Every comedian dreams of hosting 'The Tonight Show' and, for seven months, I got to. I did it my way, with people I love, and I do not regret a second. Conan O'Brien

Conquering America for a U.K. artist is incredible because that's what everybody wants and dreams about. The accomplishment is dominating a market which you aren't familiar with. Rita Ora

It's when children are 15, 16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor, an engineer, a politician or go to the Mars or moon. That is the time they start having a dream, and that's the time you can work on them. You can help them shape their dreams. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

I think the best part in going to the movies is you feel something and you relate whether it's to family struggles or dimming your light for someone. I would say to never dim your light and to really, truly follow your dreams. Tika Sumpter

I have come here only to share the voices and dreams of our children - because they are all our children. Kailash Satyarthi

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. Langston Hughes

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way. Baltasar Gracian

But I am delighted to be a Dodger, I grew up a Dodger fan and now my dreams have really come true. Milton Bradley

If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you. Ray Bradbury

I tell people I'm too stupid to know what's impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true. Debi Thomas

I feel like, big city or small town, you can relate to following your parents' footsteps or putting your own dreams on the back burner or vices that we get caught up in - that whole cycle. That's not just a small-town thing. That's a life thing. Kacey Musgraves

Gradually it occurred to me that we spend a great deal of life asleep and that dreams are little narratives, little stories. I thought, 'Who's choreographing this stuff?' Sue Monk Kidd

Dreams become reality when we put our minds to it. Queen Latifah

Beautiful dreams - if the world were more beautiful they would come true - But the world is relentless & cruel - people are - they must be, I suppose, or they could not live. Alfred Stieglitz

If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts. Adam Duritz

I realized that, when you're 18, your world is wide open. But as each year passes, one more nail goes into the coffin, killing you dreams and aspirations. And by the time you reach 25, you've been beaten down and become a realist. And my advice is you can't let these things get you down. Paul Zane Pilzer

I don't remember my dreams too much. I hardly have ever gotten ideas from nighttime dreams. But I love daydreaming and dream logic and the way dreams go. David Lynch

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams. Henry David Thoreau

Dreams are like paper, they tear so easily. Gilda Radner

As entrepreneurs, we must constantly dream and have the conviction and obsession to transform our dreams into reality - to create a future that never existed before. Clara Shih

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed. Marilyn Manson

I would encourage you to set really high goals. Set goals that, when you set them, you think they're impossible. But then every day you can work towards them, and anything is possible, so keep working hard and follow your dreams. Katie Ledecky

I love working with kids, talking with them and listening to them. I always encourage kids to reach beyond their dreams. Don't try to be like me. Be better than me. Florence Griffith Joyner

I close my eyes, then I drift away, into the magic night I softly say. A silent prayer, like dreamers do, then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you. Roy Orbison

Football is about dreams, about feeling a special sensation, giving a surprise, and inspiring joy. Claudio Ranieri

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil. James Allen

I wanted to be a musician. I wanted to be a superstar. I wanted to be on stage. I wanted to perform. I wanted to be in movies. But as you grow up, those dreams kind of fade away, and you're hit with reality, and you're like, 'Oh, not everyone can be Lil' Bow Wow?' Fine. Lilly Singh

Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep. Michel de Montaigne

I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. I never in my wildest dreams expected this popularity. J. K. Rowling

I am so excited to let fans in on how important my relationship with my family is to me. I hope to motivate mothers and daughters to build lifetimes of memories together and inspire kids around the world to live their dreams. Miley Cyrus

Everyone has their dreams. I don't write my dreams down; they just live inside of me. Gracie Gold

Do I feel any pressure as the most decorated Winter Olympian in American history? None at all. The only pressures that I know I face are those of how to pay it forward: How can I continually make a positive impact in people's lives, help others achieve their dreams, create their own Olympic mindset, creating champions within themselves? Apolo Ohno

I think you basically have to abandon the dreams of having any other adult activities in your life. You have to go to sleep whenever your child goes to sleep. Tina Fey

I have lived with my husband more than I have with my parents... I live beside him, and know his worries, his hopes, and his dreams for his nation. We believe that things happen by design, not in an arbitrary way. And we believe it is our duty to make things happen. Moza bint Nasser

Thanking you once more, I want to wish you the best of luck for your future life and to conclude by saying to you: Dream your dreams and may they come true! Felix Bloch

I always feel like it's two key ingredients when it comes to following your dreams, making something happen that the average person deems difficult. If you truly believe it, that's step one. Step two, is, you know, the hard work that goes along with it. J. Cole

Even in the most peaceful communities, an appetite for violence shows up in dreams, fantasies, sports, play, literature, movies and television. And, so long as we don't transform into angels, violence and the threat of violence - as in punishment and deterrence - is needed to rein in our worst instincts. Paul Bloom

Catcher in the Rye had a profound impact on me-the idea that we all have lots of dreams that are slowly being chipped away as we grow up. Judd Nelson

I think people tend to see the bigger point, which is maybe not fitting in and feeling like you didn't have the childhood that you expected you would have, or that you felt lonely or struggled with drugs and alcohol or just that you were able to achieve your dreams. Augusten Burroughs

I have a notebook that is filled to the brim with my dreams and ideas and goals and aspirations. Karlie Kloss

He's dreaming with his eyes open, and those that dream with their eyes open are dangerous, for they do not know when their dreams come to an end. Hugo Pratt

One of my dreams is to walk down the runway during Fashion Week! Zendaya


Dreams grow if you grow. Zig Ziglar

Big dreams create the magic that stir men's souls to greatness. Bill McCartney

If you believe, like I do, that the world is abundant with possibilities, then we need to make sure we build capacity so that everybody is successful or can be successful in the pursuit of their dreams - not the dreams of someone from government, but their own dreams. Jeb Bush

I still have dreams in which someone is coming to the door. Alek Wek

I embraced everything that I thought would hold me back from pursuing my dreams and used my insecurities to give me the courage to inspire and advocate for others who possessed many of the same insecurities I had. La'Porsha Renae

God gave us dreams, but he gave us kids to make all those dreams worthwhile. And when I look at all my kids, I say everything that I've ever went through in my life was worthwhile. Tracy Morgan

Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions. Edgar Cayce

Like my mother, I was always saying, 'I'll fix my life one day.' It became clear when I saw her die without fulfilling her dreams that my time was now or maybe never. Liz Murray

At its heart, 'Fat City' is not about boxing. It is a universal story of grim realities and toxic delusions. It is awash with awareness of chances blown, dreams stymied, precious time wasted, and all future prospects scorched to ashes by the process. Katherine Dunn

I'd really like to get the girl, shoot the gun, drive the car, have fun. I even have these kind of action dreams, where I'm the action guy. Kevin Bacon

I never, in my wildest dreams, could I have thought that the first role I get out of school would lead to an Oscar nomination. Lupita Nyong'o

I don't know how much time I have left, and there are certain things I'd like to do. I've got five kids. Kacy, the oldest, I'd like to see her be happy and fulfilled with her dreams. I want Junior, who gave me the two transplants, I want him to find his niche; I know he's going to make a very big impact someday. Craig Sager

For over forty years, I've been one of the most passionate believers in entrepreneurs. From day one, I've learned that too many small businesses are predicated on business models that the owner barely understands, and then, those same men and women are baffled when their business dreams are overwhelmed with struggles they never foresaw. Michael E. Gerber

Dreaming or awake, we perceive only events that have meaning to us. Jane Roberts

As a kid, this is what I wanted my life to be. Not in my wildest dreams did I ever dare to dream that it would be this. Smokey Robinson

In my dreams, whatever I am doing, I look down to see if I have prosthetics. It sets my time frame in my dream, I think. I'd have these dreams that I am running and launching myself, and I look down and see that I have prosthetics. I have a lot of those, where I do great, amazing things with my prosthetics. Amy Purdy

I was so lucky to have parents who supported me, 100%, with whatever I was doing, both financially and emotionally. Having that they made my life so much easier. Instead of becoming a bartender and trying to survive while trying to pursue your dreams, I didn't have to worry about that aspect. I could just pursue my dreams. Cam Gigandet

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. Thomas Jefferson

I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my thoughts the result of my dreams. D. H. Lawrence

Follow your dreams. If you have a goal, and you want to achieve it, then work hard and do everything you can to get there, and one day it will come true. Lindsey Vonn

Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. Suzy Kassem

I want to help children in Serbia and around the world so they can realize their dreams. Novak Djokovic

I hope I inspire people who hear. Hearing people have the ability to remove barriers that prevent deaf people from achieving their dreams. Marlee Matlin

I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake. Rene Descartes

Everybody's a dreamer. John Lithgow

Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires. Wallace Stevens

Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. Virginia Woolf

I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can play together all night. Bill Watterson

I have goals and aspirations, and I believe that you can go after your dreams, and it can work if you have someone there that's supporting you. Tia Mowry

Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality. Jonas Salk

Education is not a tool for development - individual, community and the nation. It is the foundation for our future. It is empowerment to make choices and emboldens the youth to chase their dreams. Nita Ambani

Buying an apartment in New York was beyond my wildest dreams. I had to scrape together every cent to buy it. And I'm so happy I did. John Searles

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming. Novalis

I think everyone has dreams, and it's just how you go about pursuing that. And I think anybody can do anything that they set their mind to. So if you set your mind to do something, and you exhaust every opportunity, I think you're going to get there. Josie Loren

I had my freedom, and I had my comfortable life, but I couldn't accept the fact that the politicians were making it increasingly difficult for my kids and millions of others to achieve their dreams as I had achieved mine. So, in 2012, I ran for president. Gary Johnson

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot. Douglas Adams

Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it. James M. Barrie

Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you don't, who will? Jon Bon Jovi


If our dreams were more regular, more connected, more stable, they would also have more practical importance for us. Ernst Mach

I spend a lot of time thinking about this business of letting go - letting go of the children God gives to us for such a brief time before they go off on their own; letting go of old homes, old friends, old places and old dreams. Susan Estrich

The starting point of discovering who you are, your gifts, your talents, your dreams, is being comfortable with yourself. Spend time alone. Write in a journal. Take long walks in the woods. Robin S. Sharma

I dream a lot, in colour and in sound and scent. Quite a few of my stories have come from dreams. Joanne Harris

Glamour is an imaginative process that creates a specific emotional response: a sharp mixture of projection, longing, admiration, and aspiration. It evokes an audience's hopes and dreams and makes them seem attainable, all the while maintaining enough distance to sustain the fantasy. Virginia Postrel

Dreams are the expression of the unconscious while we are asleep. Nancy Friday

As I've grown - dare I say it - older, I had hopes of indulging my dreams of being a sailor. Jimmy Webb

I would love for there to be a 'Voodoo Dreams' movie, especially after seeing the glorious 'Beasts of the Southern Wild.' I so admired how the filmmakers captured Louisiana and the magical atmosphere. I cried. Jewell Parker Rhodes

I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams. H. P. Lovecraft

I do not have bad days. I don't wake up in the morning and think that I'm going to get AIDS. I don't dream bad dreams about it. If I did, I'd be giving in to the negativity. Magic Johnson

Romantic comedies seem to take over where the fairytales of childhood left off, feeding our dreams of a soulmate; though, sadly, the Hollywood endings prove quite elusive in the real world. Mariella Frostrup

For even in dreams a good deed is not lost. Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Dream the impossible because dreams do come true. Elijah Wood

Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch. Tim Berners-Lee

I was born in Paris in the mid-1960s, and by the time I was 12 I had started going to the movies by myself. Most of the movies of that period never appealed to me. I didn't like the 'naturalism,' the sad or the 'down-to-earth' characters. What I wanted from film was fantasy, dreams, funny situations, extravagant decor - and beautiful women. Christian Louboutin

I know it sounds corny, but when you follow your dreams, it happens. And if it's music, take it seriously. Enrique Iglesias

I believe people have to follow their dreams - I did. Larry Ellison

Fogs are like dreams that feed the soul, and without their mysterious embrace, childhood, courtship, poetry and the composition of music become all the more difficult. Michael Leunig

My imagination completely controls me, and forever feeds the fire that burns with dark red light in my heart by bringing me the best dreams. I've always had a wild imagination, a big heart and a tortured soul so I feel that dark fantasy, love and horror are in my blood. Kim Elizabeth

Don't let the winds blow your dreams away... or steal your faith in God. Vin Scully

I want people to follow their dreams, yes... but I'm not interested in telling young black kids how to be rappers... I want to show them that there's so many other paths you can take, besides a rapper or basketball player. J. Cole

I have the most beautiful souls in my life supporting me and helping me to follow my dreams. I love them more than I can ever express in words. Bindi Irwin

I am a dreamer. Seriously, I'm living on another planet. Eva Green

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. Harriet Tubman

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do. Pope John XXIII

I've accomplished a lot, but I still have more dreams that I want to achieve. Joe Jonas

I think there are a number of things that you can do to encourage your kids' dreams, but I do believe in speaking by experience of having a lot of help along the way, stumbling in the past. We've all stumbled, and we certainly all deserve to get up and walk again. Dwayne Johnson

I have crazy claustrophobic dreams, weird elevator dreams where the elevator closes in and all of a sudden I am lying down - oh my God, it's a casket. Just freaky stuff like that. Dave Grohl

Hold on to your dream. Don't let past failures or dire economic forecasts make you a pessimist. Keep your youthful dreams alive and create your own opportunities. Paul Zane Pilzer

Each has its lesson; for our dreams in sooth, come they in shape of demons, gods, or elves, are allegories with deep hearts of truth that tell us solemn secrets of ourselves. Henry Timrod

But I have been interested in dreams, really since I was a kid. I have always been fascinated by the idea that your mind, when you are asleep, can create a world in a dream and you are perceiving it as though it really existed. Christopher Nolan

If you live close to an International Rescue Committee office in the United States, find out how you can assist a refugee family as they transition to American life. Invite a newly arrived family to your home for a welcoming meal. Listen to their hopes and dreams, and share your own. Mandy Patinkin

I think basically becoming famous has taken the place of going to Heaven in modern society, hasn't it? That's the place where your dreams will come true. It's an act of faith now; they think that's going to sort things out. Jarvis Cocker

I gave up school. I gave up a really, really good job. I gave up a lot of stuff. I cut a lot of people out of my life so I could just focus on my fighting dreams. Paige VanZant

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a belief in our right and our responsiblity to be equal members of society. Janet Jackson

Before dance came into my life, I don't really remember having any major goals or dreams of wanting to be anything. Misty Copeland

If ever a car was created by designers with dreams of grandeur, it had to be the 1958 Buick Limited: the heftiest, highest-priced and most opulent monster ever to hit the street in the '50s. Clive Cussler

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot. Bill Gates

I don't think the dreams die - I think that people give up. I think it gets too hard. Tyler Perry

From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in dreams, so that at all times they ardently desired them. Paracelsus

Dreams are necessary to life. Anais Nin

As far as my dreams go, all I want to do is be a working actor, and I happily achieved that. Lucas Grabeel

When I am president, I will work to ensure that all of our kids are treated equally and protected equally. Every action I take, I will ask myself, 'Does this make life better for young Americans in Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Ferguson, who have as much of a right to live out their dreams as any other child America?' Donald Trump

I would have dreams all the time about me playing in the NFL. Every day I woke up, I said to myself, you know, I'm going to work hard, you know, this day to get to that next level. Michael Oher

I mean, every child at one stage dreams of being a prince or a princess. Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

I couldn't find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself. Ferdinand Porsche

For all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams. Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil. James Lane Allen

I wanted to be a soccer player, and I became the best of the best, the number one, better than Maradona, better than Pele, and even better than Messi - but only at night, nighttime, during my dreams. When I wake up, I realized that I have wooden legs and that I'm doomed to be a writer. Eduardo Galeano

Though I know he loves me, tonight my heart is sad; his kiss was not so wonderful as all the dreams I had. Sara Teasdale

I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing. Lana Del Rey

I am the underdog, and I want to prove that one can follow one's dreams despite all the flaws and setbacks. Winnie Harlow


Everyone loves a comeback story, and everyone loves the underdog as well. I kind of feel like I've been the underdog. Hopefully that inspires people to not give up on themselves and their lives and not give up on their dreams. James Arthur

'Do What You Gotta Do' is a positive, inspirational song that says no matter what it is; whether you're up against challenges or trying to get your dreams and aspirations met, you should do what whatever you have to do shy of killing yourself or someone else. Angie Stone

I think, as a child, there weren't dreams. I can't recall as a child having some ultimate dream and thinking that it was possible. Misty Copeland

I have marvelous dreams! I meet Buddha, I meet Jesus, I meet Mohammed. I constantly dream of space, stars and planets: we are the children of stardust. Brian Blessed

That's another piece of advice: Don't go to college; follow your dreams. Unless you're a doctor - then go to college. Adam DeVine

I always make my dreams into goals. DJ Khaled

Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to be a marine biologist. As you go through the grind and the distraction of a career, it's easy to lose sight of your dreams. Paul Walker

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. Napoleon Hill

I think that I could be an example to young people, and they know that dreams come true. Maluma

I have always been amazed at the way an ordinary observer lends so much more credence and attaches so much more importance to waking events than to those occurring in dreams... Man... is above all the plaything of his memory. Andre Breton

High achievers spot rich opportunities swiftly, make big decisions quickly and move into action immediately. Follow these principles and you can make your dreams come true. Robert H. Schuller

One of my first dreams when I was a child was becoming a painter. Hideo Kojima

Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely. Erma Bombeck

Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. If we do not understand the language in which they are written, we miss a great deal of what we know and tell ourselves in those hours when we are not busy manipulating the outside world. Erich Fromm

If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams. Booker T. Washington

I suppose all fictional characters, especially in adventure or heroic fiction, at the end of the day are our dreams about ourselves. And sometimes they can be really revealing. Alan Moore

I feel crazy that me sticking with my dreams actually worked. It's wild and incredible. Rachel Platten

God, that dumping ground of our dreams. Jean Rostand

Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams? Alfred Lord Tennyson

Like the phoenix, socialism is reborn from every pile of ashes left day in, day out, by burnt-out human dreams and charred hopes. Zygmunt Bauman

At the end of the day, life's about realising one's human potential. I don't know if I've realised mine, but I've certainly gone a long way towards realising some goals and some dreams. Linton Kwesi Johnson

I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life... it's money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true. Walt Disney

I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive. Man Ray

I don't like dreams or reality. I like when dreams become reality because that is my life. Jean Paul Gaultier

For over two centuries, Americans have grown up in a society that rewards hard work, protects innovation, and allows its citizens to constantly break new barriers. The key element to this success rests on freedom and the ability of individuals to strive toward achieving their dreams and making their children's futures better than their own. Renee Ellmers

Dreams about the future are always filled with gadgets. Neil deGrasse Tyson

As a viewer, I'm personally less interested in the damaged, white, middle-class male figuring out his dreams and more interested in maybe an underdog figuring out how they're going to survive in a world that doesn't necessarily invite them in. Mackenzie Davis

In my lifetime, I've discovered a great many incredibly talented individuals. Some have achieved stardom. Simultaneously, I've seen many dreams shattered, egos destroyed and lives changed forever. The end destination may well be fame and fortune, but the road to stardom is littered with broken hearts. Nigel Lythgoe

I was told before my first trip that no city in the world offered the dreams you could have sleeping in Havana. But nobody warned me that Havana also always feels like an exhausting nightmare that never quite fulfills the promise of what it's threatening you with. Brin-Jonathan Butler

I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know? Ernest Hemingway

I can't remember any dreams in my life. There's so much strange in real life that it often seems like a dream. Tim Burton

Follow your dreams. Just make sure to have fun too. Chris Brown

Dream and give yourself permission to envision a You that you choose to be. Joy Page

I want to see the next Reagan. I want somebody who brings out the good in Americans and challenges us to aspire to that North Star, someone who wants to empower our families and individuals and communities and let them be free to achieve their dreams. That's what's going to make this country again. Bill Flores

I hope my children just grow up happy and pursue their dreams. I mean, that's all I can ask of them. Ivanka Trump

I am against nature. I don't dig nature at all. I think nature is very unnatural. I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can't touch with decay. Bob Dylan

Everyone dreams of living in Paris. Natalie Portman

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. Edgar Allan Poe

You can be out of slavery and have the right to vote, but unless you have access to capital, industry and technology, you can't fulfill your dreams. Jesse Jackson

I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free. Know what I'm saying? Move past the fear. LL Cool J

I have got the job of my dreams. Cory Booker


Hopefully, young people will see that you can be young and make the sacrifices to follow your dreams. Tinie Tempah

Emotionally, I have no picture-book illustrated with memories of my first five years, but externally, I have impressions that possess a haunting vividness comparable only to the texture of dreams, when dreams are tumultuously alive. E. F. Benson

By nature, I'm a very positive person, and because I'm happy in myself, and in my life, and I've got a great husband, and beautiful children, and I have a job that I love that calls for a certain amount of emotional expression, I get to realise a lot of my dreams and aspirations. Kate Winslet

We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep. William Shakespeare

I think everything about my life is magical. I've struggled, and against most odds, I'm truly having the experience of living my dreams. Bella Thorne

I had nightmares as a kid. As an adult, I have very prosaic dreams. Guillermo del Toro

Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours. Les Brown

Dreams do come true. If anyone's proof of that, it's me. Jennifer Hudson

Believe in yourself, go after your dreams, and don't let anyone put you in a box. Daya

If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness. Nelson Mandela

I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams. Madonna Ciccone

The success I have achieved in bodybuilding, motion pictures, and business would not have been possible without the generosity of the American people and the freedom here to pursue your dreams. Arnold Schwarzenegger

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream. Vincent Van Gogh

Go out and chase your dreams no matter how crazy it looks. Shanice Williams

Dreams are the guiding words of the soul. Why should I henceforth not love my dreams and not make their riddling images into objects of my daily consideration? Carl Jung

As you get older, you have to force yourself to have new dreams. For instance, I've been flying for 37 years, but now teaching others to fly is interesting for me. Sometimes you have to find new angles on life to keep you interested, like sharing successes and inspiring and helping others. John Travolta

I would love to spend all my time writing to you; I'd love to share with you all that goes through my mind, all that weighs on my heart, all that gives air to my soul; phantoms of art, dreams that would be so beautiful if they could come true. Luigi Pirandello

I never expected anyone to take care of me, but in my wildest dreams and juvenile yearnings, I wanted the house with the picket fence from June Allyson movies. I knew that was yearning like one yearns to fly. Maya Angelou

I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man. Zhuangzi

Rude contact with facts chased my visions and dreams quickly away, and in their stead I beheld the horrors, the corruption, the evils and hypocrisy of society, and as I stood among them, a young wife, a great wail of agony went out from my soul. Victoria Woodhull

For me they are no different, reality and dreams. Alejandro Jodorowsky

Dreaming in public is an important part of our job description, as science writers, but there are bad dreams as well as good dreams. We're dreamers, you see, but we're also realists, of a sort. William Gibson

Anyone who has spent any time in space will love it for the rest of their lives. I achieved my childhood dream of the sky. Valentina Tereshkova

I was in school to play basketball; I wasn't trying to be a doctor. It's hard to talk about the NCAA rules and everything that happened in the past because I've just been focused on practicing and getting ready... I was trying to reach my dreams, and that's to play in the NBA. Ben Simmons

I know it's cliche to say, 'When you do something you love you never work a day in your life.' But it is true: When you do something you love, life gets to be a little bit easier and enjoyable. So I just want people to follow their dreams. Tika Sumpter

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death. Robert Fulghum

Follow your dreams and use your natural-born talents and skills to make this a better world for tomorrow. Paul Watson

My life turned out to be beyond my greatest dreams. Anthony Hopkins

Don't let your dreams be dreams. Jack Johnson

I want that longevity in the career, so if you don't know how to get it, you trying to chase that high, you trying to continue to chase your dreams and conquer things you never thought you could get. And you just want to get there too soon, so you taking the wrong moves to try and compensate what's not happening. Future

I have very vivid dreams - almost always action-adventure. I'm often on the run. I've always had dreams. When I was little, I'd go to sleep with my head on my hands, which were in fists like I was looking through a camera. I felt like sleep was the movies - just drifting off to the movies. Sarah Silverman

I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That's my fatal, absurd nature. Human beings are slaves to our dreams, and I am, too. Now I think I just want to share my musical proposal in its entire form. Shakira

Every human heart cries and yearns for the same thing: a chance to fulfill his or her own dreams and desires. Even the poorest man has a dream. Myles Munroe

Count the dreams of your mind; if the numbers of the dreams exceeds the number of achievements, you are young. Shimon Peres

I've always been fascinated by memory and dreams because they are both completely our own. No one else has the same memories. No one has the same dreams. Lois Lowry

I think there must be a place inside of us where dreams go and wait their turn. Sue Monk Kidd

I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind. Emily Bronte

Hollywood has always been a cage... a cage to catch our dreams. John Huston

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet. Victor Hugo

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. William Butler Yeats

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams. Les Brown

I think being nice and being safe is unfair to yourself when you have big dreams as a woman. I think you have to prepare yourself that not everyone in this world has the same personality... The one thing I've chosen to be great at in my life is singing - so why not be proud that I'm great at it? Jessie J


I grew up 150-200 miles from any city. You simply didn't have much connection with the outside world. So my dreams were always to get out. It's a familiar kind of thing, I think, for anybody in a small town. Bobbie Ann Mason

Grit is that 'extra something' that separates the most successful people from the rest. It's the passion, perseverance, and stamina that we must channel in order to stick with our dreams until they become a reality. Travis Bradberry

Dreams can still come true; you need a great deal of energy and determination, and a little bit of luck. Stefano Gabbana

Being a club pro and all, a guy trying to keep up with golf's modern technology, I hadn't found much time for Internet dating, but then one day I knew I'd met the girl of my dreams when she replied to a comment I'd made on You-and-Me.com. She said, 'I love it when you talk equipment to me.' Dan Jenkins

If I could have had everything exactly the way I wanted, this is how I would have written it down. Win all my fights in the first round, then go to the UFC and headline a show, and have it as a pay-per-view and at home. People's dreams don't come true like that. Ronda Rousey

I really think you can manifest your dreams. You can manifest your destiny. If you want something hard enough and you're willing to work for it, I think you can get it. I truly believe that. Billy Magnussen

I don't think you should spend your life praying for things, but I do believe you should thank God for what He's given you... but I think the scripture teaches us that we can pray for our dreams, pray for the big things... he's not a small God; this God is incredible. Joel Osteen

Fuel your kids' dreams. Sometimes, that means letting them stay up past their bedtimes. Randy Pausch

Dreams are not without meaning wherever thay may come from-from fantasy, from the elements, or from other inspiration. Paracelsus

As far back as the 1800s, people were moving to Florida to make their dreams come true. Rick Scott

When I came to America, I dreamed bigger dreams. Frank McCourt

I would honestly say that with all the awards and all the other things that I've done in my life, Dollywood is one of the greatest dreams that I've ever had come true - I am so proud of that I can't even begin to tell you, Dollywood is real special to me. Dolly Parton

I mean, I'm 48 years old and I've been through a lot in my life - you know, loss, whether it be death, illness, separation. I mean, the failed expectations... We all have dreams. Annie Lennox

I did commit to myself that I would not jump back into being the workaholic that I can be before I gave myself an honest opportunity to create the marriage of my dreams and to create the beginning of the family of my dreams, and that took a hot second. Alanis Morissette

For an athlete myself, it is especially meaningful for our country to host an Olympics. Every athlete hopes to participate in an Olympics, so I still can't believe the games of dreams is going to take place in Korea. Kim Yuna

Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

I was a great dreamer of day dreams. Abraham Cahan

Though we may have desires or bold goals, for whatever reason, most of us don't think we can achieve something beyond what we're qualified to achieve. Why, I ask, do we let reality interfere with our dreams? Simon Sinek

I knew it was right to make time for myself to have adventures and fulfil dreams. Jameela Jamil

I am, you know, really fighting for myself and my life. And I think the message that I could give to anybody is that it's never too late to start your life again and dream new dreams. Jennifer Holliday

Fairy tales read before bed tend to make me dream. They're all quite violent stories, as are my dreams. Glen Duncan

Don't cut corners or compromise to achieve your dreams. Chanda Kochhar

I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams. I'm O.K. with that so long as my songs are my own. No one can take my songs away from me. Ayumi Hamasaki

I have mixed feelings about how fast things are changing as a result of technology. There's no denying that through technology there are amazing things being created that help people with diseases or help people's dreams come true. But there's also this obsession. Social media is the most dangerous of them all. Amanda Crew

That's what keeps me going: dreaming, inventing, then hoping and dreaming some more in order to keep dreaming. Joseph Barbera

I always thought I would be a teacher. And I think I actually lived up to my initial dreams, because what I do now is teach millions and millions of people many different kinds of things. Martha Stewart

Ever since we were little, we were so on fire for our dreams. We never let anyone blow our flames out. Kelly Rowland

Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams. Charles Baudelaire

I think that they way my parents raised me, they taught me to always follow my dreams and never give up, no matter what the obstacle. Katie Stevens

I have been interested in dreams, really since I was a kid. I have always been fascinated by the idea that your mind, when you are asleep, can create a world in a dream and you are perceiving it as though it really existed. Christopher Nolan

High performers obsessively research their dreams from a multitude of sources. To become world-class, you have to know who has already cracked the struggle you face ahead. Brendon Burchard

One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of creating bridges; we are contributing to the conflict between East and West by our stupid desire to have more. A. B. Yehoshua

Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true. Paracelsus

Business and growing jobs is about taking risk, sometimes failing, sometimes succeeding, but always striving. It is about dreams. Usually, it doesn't work out exactly as you might have imagined. Steve Jobs was fired at Apple. He came back and changed the world. Mitt Romney

If you choose not to pursue your dreams, you'll still be a part of a dream - only it will be someone else's. Mike Hawkins

I tell kids to have dreams, have goals, and believe in them because if you have any doubt, worry or fear, it will choke the life out of your dreams and goals. Torii Hunter

I feel like I'm making a difference. I feel like putting out a message for young girls to follow your dreams and just work at what you want to do and be yourself. Willow Smith

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame. Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Dreams are where we visit the many lands and landscapes of human possibility and discover the one where we feel at home. The great religious leaders were all dreamers. Jonathan Sacks

Listen to the sounds of nature. Wishing you the best on your trek towards your dreams. Kalpana Chawla

Barack Obama knows that to create an economy built to last, we need to focus on middle-class families. Families who stay up on Sunday nights pacing the floor, like my dad did, while their children, tucked in bed, dream big dreams. Families who aren't sure what Monday morning will bring, but who believe our nation's best days are still ahead. Chuck Schumer

I'd say people recognize me, but having children recognize me is the best. It is a very special thing. Suddenly you feel like you have the power to make the children's dreams come true, and it's better than anything else. Ludivine Sagnier

I part of this great nation because my grandfather was born here, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He took a horse, back in 1895, and ride it all the way down to Guanajuato, looking for his American dream. No penny in his pocket, only dreams in his head. And he was an immigrant coming from the States into Mexico. And he found his American dream in Mexico. Vicente Fox

I don't like to talk about my dreams. I like to make them happen. I prefer to talk about them when they're done. Diane von Furstenberg

For the parents of the youth of Africa, please give your kids a chance to realise their dreams. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Dreams are a scientific fact. Robyn Hitchcock

As a young man you don't notice at all that you were, after all, badly affected. For years afterwards, at least ten years, I kept getting these dreams, in which I had to crawl through ruined houses, along passages I could hardly get through. Otto Dix


In my long life I have found peace, joy, and happiness beyond my fondest hopes and dreams. One of the supreme benedictions of my life has been my marriage to an elect daughter of God. I love her with all my heart and soul. James E. Faust

I will say that if my wildest dreams come true, I will, like, wake up one day, and I will be Carol Dweck, right? Because she is like everything I want to be. Angela Duckworth

I love the idea of being part of a campaign that captures the spirit of New York and the stories of women here, passionate about their dreams. Rita Ora

I can't remember my dreams more than a couple of seconds after I wake up. It's frustrating because sometimes I dream that I'm watching a really good movie. Aaron Sorkin

Follow your intuition, listening to your dreams, your inner voice to guide you. Katori Hall

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. James Dean

I want to show everyone that if you pursue your dreams, they can come true no matter what. That's what I want to do. Martin Garrix

I just kind of wake up with a new idea and new dreams every day, and I follow that dream, as they say. Dolly Parton

I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true. Arsenio Hall

Everyone dreams of playing Wimbledon and winning it. I am glad this dream came true for me so fast in my career. It feels great after so many years of struggle. Sania Mirza

Divorce is a time of change. It really rocks a foundation of most people's lives. When we have our heart broken or our dreams taken away from us, it is a time of growth and change. Debbie Ford

You can do anything if you set your mind to it. Look out for kids, help them dream and be inspired. We teach calculus in schools, but I believe the most important formula is courage plus dreams equals success. Marlee Matlin

I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free. LL Cool J

I have had a dream indicating rather clearly that I am on the way to being hetero, though I don't accept it with much enthusiasm either awake or in the dreams. Alan Turing

Horror, for me, has to involve some sort of fantasy. Horror is something that is in your dreams or your nightmares. Cassandra Peterson

Even having to do the amount of press that I have to do is dreadful and gives me so much anxiety. After having done this whole slew of press for 'Big Love', now I'll have anxiety dreams for like a week and a half about all the stupid things I said. Chloe Sevigny

Capitalism is always evaluated against dreams. Utopia is a dream. It doesn't exist. Rush Limbaugh

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams. Jimmy Carter

I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. In fact, there are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name. Larry Page

I had to overcome challenge after challenge in order to take my life from nothing to living my dreams. Curtis Jackson

Here in America, those who once had no hope will give their kids the chance at a life they always wanted for themselves. Here in America, generations of unfulfilled dreams will finally come to pass. Marco Rubio

Dreams don't have deadlines. I'm thinking of doing bigger and better things and having more fun with it. LL Cool J

Believe it or not, lots of people change their majors and abandon their dreams just to avoid a couple of math classes in college. Danica McKellar

The thing that I've always believed is that you have to follow your passion, and if climbing is your calling in life and your craft, to not do it is a tragedy. I am always going to encourage my children to follow their passions and dreams, whatever they are. Jimmy Chin

Saddle your dreams before you ride em. Mary Webb

My mother always gives the best advice. When I left Puerto Rico to pursue my dreams, she always supported me and said to me, 'I'm never going to cut your wings, so don't let anyone else do that to you.' That has been my philosophy through life. I want to share that valuable lesson with my little girl someday. Roselyn Sanchez

I've always been in love with the movies. They're the dreams of the 20th Century. Arne Glimcher

If you want to achieve your dreams, you must follow them, and the best way to follow them is not to think about wanting to be very rich, but to think about doing something that you really want to do. Jackie Collins

When I grew up, I only had two dreams. One was to be a cowboy and another was to be in the military. I grew up extremely patriotic and riding horses. Chris Kyle

Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams. Ben Carson

The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its dreams, its fantasies. No more. It's over. It supplies the world with its nightmares now: the Kennedy assassination, Watergate, Vietnam. J. G. Ballard

One of the dreams on my wish list is to spend more time in Thailand. Kevin Kwan

Living in dreams of yesterday, we find ourselves still dreaming of impossible future conquests. Charles Lindbergh

In my perfect day, I wake up next to the woman of my dreams, and she's crying tears of joy because she's so excited about the life we have together. I'm preparing to compete in the 2016 Olympics with U.S.A. Team Handball, so I head to an intense training session with my coach to increase my physical strength and athleticism. Lewis Howes

You can go slow. Allow your dreams and goals to change, but live an intentional life. Kumail Nanjiani

We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality. Judy Garland

The time I spent in New York when I was 17 gave me the confidence to pursue my dreams with my whole heart. Leslie Odom, Jr.

SEALs are human beings. We may all have the same haircuts, but we aren't robots. Some SEALs are great people. Some are not great people. Some have done unspeakably terrible things. You're dealing with different people, different dreams, different desires. Jocko Willink

My mother gave me my drive but my father gave me my dreams. Liza Minnelli

I've always been interested in photographing traditions and customs - especially in America. The prom is an American tradition, a rite of passage that has always been one of the most important rituals of American youth. It is a day in our lives that we never forget - a day full of hopes and dreams for our future. Mary Ellen Mark

If you want to have a life that is worth living, a life that expresses your deepest feelings and emotions and cares and dreams, you have to fight for it. Alice Walker

When I look back over my life it's almost as if there was a plan laid out for me - from the little girl who was so passionate about animals who longed to go to Africa and whose family couldn't afford to put her through college. Everyone laughed at my dreams. I was supposed to be a secretary in Bournemouth. Jane Goodall

Throughout my life my greatest benefactors have been my dreams and my travels; very few men, living or dead, have helped me in my struggle. Nikos Kazantzakis

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. Paul Valery

One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams. E. V. Lucas

Lonesome. Lonesome. I know what it means. Here all by my lonesome, dreaming empty dreams. Weary. Weary at the close of day, wondering if tomorrow brings me joy or sorrow. Leon Redbone

In my wildest dreams I never thought - well, I never thought I'd work. Steve Carell

You can plant a dream. Anne Campbell

We didn't know how to run a business, but we had dreams and talent. Ruth Handler

The truth is, even those who think Dreams only happen to someone else carry a Dream hidden deep in their heart, just hoping it can come true. Bruce Wilkinson

Seems like God don't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams - but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worthwhile. Lorraine Hansberry

My mother used to sit at the foot of my bed, and she would share her dreams with me. Liz Murray

I've always followed my heart and pursued my dreams, and I imagine that people find that inspiring. I hope that is the effect I have on my fans and people in general. I definitely want to project a positive energy out into the world. Britney Spears


If your mom asks you to do the dishes, do not pull out your pirate attitude. But if someone tells you you're not good enough, says your dreams are too lofty, or claims there is no room in showbiz for a dancing violinist - well then, by all means, pull out your eye patch, my friend, and take to the high seas. Lindsey Stirling

When I was 16, I was like any other boy at that age who dreams of having a good physique. Rohit Shetty

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country. Anais Nin

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams. Oprah Winfrey

One of the most persistent yet elusive dreams of the Modern Movement in architecture has been prefabrication: industrially made structures that can be assembled at a building site. Martin Filler

Long walks on the beach are the supposed holy grail of a romantic evening. The beach becomes a kind of utopia - the place where all our dreams come true. Roxane Gay

In my wildest dreams, I could not have imagined a sweeter life. Hugh Hefner

You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that you're putting out there, if it's received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If it's not received, great, I respect you for not. Octavia Spencer

We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams. Eric Hoffer

The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams, the way the whites are taking care of the Indians: killing their dreams, their magic, their familiar spirits. William S. Burroughs

'Shake It Up' definitely teaches kids about the importance of reaching for your dreams and setting high goals. It also teaches great lessons about friendship and family. Zendaya

My mother was always working for a job, so I guess I was always trained that I should have multiple jobs, multiple aspirations. And I remember she had multiple aspirations, always hearing about her dreams and things she did in the past and things she wanted to do. Sean Combs

I've always said that one night, I'm going to find myself in some field somewhere, I'm standing on grass, and it's raining, and I'm with the person I love, and I know I'm at the very point I've been dreaming of getting to. Drew Barrymore

If you're following your dreams, you're doing something you love and that you believe in yourself for. McKayla Maroney

When I was 20, the idea of having a play on anywhere was just beyond my dreams. Tom Stoppard

'Titanic' made me want to tell stories... To have all these characters and costumes and have ambition and think big and have dreams... It came at a very troubled period of my life. Xavier Dolan

The bipolar world of the Cold War is history. The new world order, however, is not the One World dreamed of by Wilsonian idealists. It is a Balkanizing world where race, tribe, culture and creed matter most, and democracy is seen not as an end in itself but as a means to an end - the accretion of power by one's own kind to achieve one's own dreams. Pat Buchanan

One of the things I've started doing lately is tracking my dreams. I feel like there's a lot of information there and you can really bring those emotions to the situations that may feel mundane or familiar. That gives them new life and gives you a new relationship with it - if that makes any sort of sense. Jennifer Carpenter

Look for the light. Look for it in everything. Look for it in yourself, in your children, in your job, and in your dreams. Look for it in the food you eat and in the people you surround yourself with. Debbie Ford

In opposition to this detachment, he finds an image of man which contains within itself man's dreams, man's illness, man's redemption from the misery of poverty - poverty which can no longer be for him a sign of the acceptance of life. Salvatore Quasimodo

You can't break my spirit, it's my dreams you take. James Blunt

We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here. Susan L. Taylor

The words come from here. From memories, from dreams, from people I've known. I'm always writing and reflecting on life. I want to suck it all in. Jeff Buckley

She still talks to me now, only now she talks to me in my dreams. And I can't wait to go to sleep tonight because we have a lot to talk about. I love you. Jamie Foxx

My new life goes beyond my dreams because my dream was Formula One and I achieved it. I'm a driver, I feel like a driver. I have won this race because I am alive. Maria de Villota

I've always wanted to be a very commercial director, or I had dreams of making these movies into blockbusters. And with each movie, they tell me it's not that way. Harmony Korine

If you're the type of person who has to fulfill your dreams, you've gotta be resourceful to make sure you can do it. I came out to California when I was 21, thinking my New York credentials would take me all the way. I came back home a year later all dejected and a failure. Vin Diesel

When I was 5 years old, I was coming up the stairs, and I saw my mom standing there, singing 'A Quiet Thing' a cappella, and it was such a differentiating moment for me. I realized that we are separate from each other - she has dreams and goals. Laura Benanti

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. Anatole France

The Brown decision promised that every child, regardless of the color of his or her skin, would have unequivocal access to quality education and an equal opportunity to pursue his/her dreams. Ed Markey

Only in dreams, in poetry, in play do we sometimes arrive at what we were before we were this thing that, who knows, we are. Julio Cortazar

Looking back 25 years later, what I may say is that the facts have been far better than the dreams. In the long course of cell life on this earth it remained, for our age for our generation, to receive the full ownership of our inheritance. Albert Claude

In our increasingly secular society, with so many disparate gods and different faiths, superhero films present a unique canvas upon which our shared hopes, dreams and apocalyptic nightmares can be projected and played out. Tom Hiddleston

You can't predict it all. People will tell you to plan things out as best you can. They will tell you to focus. They will tell you to follow your dreams. They will all be right. Elizabeth Warren

We dream of having a clean house - but who dreams of actually doing the cleaning? We don't have to dream about doing the work, because doing the work is always within our grasp; the dream, in this sense, is to attain the goal without the work. Marcus Buckingham

The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die. Edward Kennedy

Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner. Neil Gaiman

My office is at Yankee stadium. Yes, dreams do come true. Derek Jeter

I've been interested in dreams since I as a kid and I've wanted to do a film about them for a long time. Christopher Nolan

I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours. Bob Dylan

When I was at college, the idea of fashion was more immediate to me, whereas art photography, the depth of it, was a different thing. Storytelling - fanciful storytelling - can only be told through fashion photography. It's the perfect way to play with fantasy and dreams. Tim Walker

To all the kids out there: Follow your dream. Believe in your dream. Because dreams do come true. Rickey Henderson

The Columbia is lost, but the dreams that inspired its crew remain with us. Dick Cheney

Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages. Terry Pratchett

Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind. Mick Jagger

In the books I have written, I have created in my mind a universe. My kids say I have a village in my head and I live in that village, and it's true. When I start writing a book, characters from previous books reappear. All my emotions, my mind, my heart, my dreams, everything becomes connected with a new book, and nothing else really matters. Isabel Allende

You can't take anything personally in this business. Follow your dreams, but there is a lot of criticism. You have to brush it off. Everybody is looking for something different. Kendall Jenner

We grew up founding our dreams on the infinite promise of American advertising. I still believe that one can learn to play the piano by mail and that mud will give you a perfect complexion. Zelda Fitzgerald

The work of an advertising agency is warmly and immediately human. It deals with human needs, wants, dreams and hopes. Its 'product' cannot be turned out on an assembly line. Leo Burnett

Sigmund Freud said we act out our own dreams, but if you are only an actor you are not acting out your own dream. You are simply participating in someone else's dream. John Malkovich


My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession. Arnold Schwarzenegger

I've been so showered in life, beyond my wildest dreams, such as having a loving partner I never thought I'd have. Marian Keyes

I'll tell you this: You have to remember to chase and catch your dreams, because if you don't, your imagination will live in empty spaces, and that's nowhere land. Gary Busey

When I was either 7 or 8 years old, I did a sketch every day of my teacher and what she wore. At the end of the year, I gave her the sketchbook. For me, the sketching of dresses was about fantasy and dreams. Alber Elbaz

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light. Walter Scott

'The Cut' is going to give someone the opportunity of a lifetime and help that person achieve his or her dreams. Tommy Hilfiger

Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking. Margaret Fuller

Make treating yourself a priority and always remember your life is happening now. Don't put off all your dreams and pleasures to another day. In any balanced personal definition of success there has to be a powerful element of living life in the present. Mireille Guiliano

In the Seventies, we still had dreams and hopes of Utopia, but by the end of the decade, the world had shifted to the right. Tariq Ali

You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands - your own. Mark Victor Hansen

We had common interests in the beauty of the French language. We both had a tremendous love of jazz. We shared dreams of getting married and having a family, living in the country, leading an idyllic life. David Amram

The world is full of people who have dreams of playing at Carnegie Hall, of running a marathon, and of owning their own business. The difference between the people who make it across the finish line and everyone else is one simple thing: an action plan. John Tesh

Since cancer, I feel like I have dreams rather than ambitions, visions rather than plans. Eve Ensler

My parents always told me to be myself. I was always funny and silly as a kid. And I would always make them laugh. And they always told me to dream big and follow those dreams. Richard Simmons

I've got a young man who works for me who says you don't need to discover your dreams - you need to recover them. Dave Ramsey

I'm a big believer in living out your dreams and facing your fears. Brock Lesnar

When I was little, I didn't have dreams to be an actress or a star; I wanted to be a mom, have a house and a picket fence. Sherilyn Fenn

To be a footballer was just a dream, and I don't believe in dreams. I only deal in what is real. To be honest, I've never thought about what I could get out of football or where it would take me. I just wanted to play. I'm the same now. Thierry Henry

The day you decide to pursue your dreams, don't forget that this is a game you don't enter to compete, but to win. And there will always be someone booing you in the stands, and everything you accomplish could be jeered and hissed at. This is a game between two that you have to win for the people who came to watch you be triumphant. Fabrizio Moreira

Only things the dreamers make live on. They are the eternal conquerors. Herbert Kaufman

Man is a genius when he is dreaming. Akira Kurosawa

In the year since we brought things into the open with a clean breath of fresh air at City Hall, we have learned about corrupt spending practices and unethical conflicts of interest that waste your money... and keep Dallas from being the great city of our dreams. Laura Miller

You don't get old until you replace dreams with regrets. Troy Dumais

We have lost that which has made us great over the generations, and that is the sense of individual and personal responsibility that we can come up, we can pursue our dreams and our aspirations and we won't be blocked by government regulation, by the inability to get a loan as a small business to make our dreams come true. Jon Huntsman, Jr.

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities. Samuel Johnson

Singing for a documentary that benefits the underprivileged remains one of my biggest dreams. Arijit Singh

My pictures are always part of my thinking, and my emotions, tensions, dreams, desires. Ingmar Bergman

I've got big, big dreams for the future. Margot Robbie

I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life - people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.' Kevin Costner

When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely. Roger Federer

To be a human being is to be in a state of tension between your appetites and your dreams, and the social realities around you and your obligations to your fellow man. John Updike

The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have, because when you're talking about building a house, you're talking about dreams. Robert A. M. Stern

Our challenge is to remind ourselves that we do have common interest, common grounds, and common dreams. Janet Reno

Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true. Napoleon Hill

Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear, misheard words or lyrics, dreams... Motivation? The memory of the rush I get from a really good writing session - even on a bad day, I know I'll find that again if I keep going. Trudi Canavan

You don't know when you are immersed in a book what the reaction to it will be, but I feel great about 'The Lake of Dreams.' Kim Edwards

We have lots of ideas, lots of dreams. Masayoshi Son

The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do. Sarah Ban Breathnach


Sleep is the best meditation. Dalai Lama

My professional dreams were coming true while I was living a personal nightmare. Dane Cook

I've had a life where things have worked out for me beyond my wildest dreams, and my brother's had just the opposite. Bill Paxton

I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds. Mike Tyson

When Paul Allen and I started Microsoft over 30 years ago, we had big dreams about software. We had dreams about the impact it could have. Bill Gates

To be able to help a 13-year-old kid from the Bronx follow her dreams just by letting her know she's not forgotten in this crazy world - that's why I got involved with Frum Tha Ground Up. Alicia Keys

The difference between a builder and an architect is that an architect also cares about desire, about dreams. Renzo Piano

Our dreams are firsthand creations, rather than residues of waking life. We have the capacity for infinite creativity; at least while dreaming, we partake of the power of the Spirit, the infinite Godhead that creates the cosmos. Jackie Gleason

Married or unmarried, young or old, poet or worker, you are still a dreamer, and will one time know, and feel, that your life is but a dream. Donald G. Mitchell

Instead of plotting the demise of the traditional family, as some politicians and religious leaders would have you believe, gay people mow their lawns and watch 'American Idol' and video their children's concerts and have the same hopes and dreams that their straight counterparts do. Jodi Picoult

You gotta have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true? Oscar Hammerstein II

We have to stand up for what we believe in, even when we might not be popular for it. Honesty starts with being ourselves, authentic and true to who we are and what we believe in, and that may not always be popular, but it will always let you follow your dreams and your heart. Tabatha Coffey

The world of men is dreaming, it has gone mad in its sleep, and a snake is strangling it, but it can't wake up. D. H. Lawrence

So many financial dreams are thwarted by the failure to act upon good intentions. Suze Orman

My story, I feel like it's amazing, because it shows people no matter where you come from, no matter what your lifestyle is, your dreams could still come true if you believe in yourself and push hard to do what you want to do. Shanice Williams

I've had dreams about tricks. Shaun White

I'm a person who thinks realistically but has dreams and fantasies as well. Granit Xhaka

When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness. Tecumseh

To be given the opportunity to help shape new artists' careers and mentor them to see their dreams come to fruition is a task I welcome with open arms. Christina Aguilera

The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it. George Santayana

Our dreams are made of real things, like a shoebox full of photographs. Jack Johnson

Memories have huge staying power, but like dreams, they thrive in the dark, surviving for decades in the deep waters of our minds like shipwrecks on the sea bed. J. G. Ballard

Integrity is critical to our lives - and to our dreams of achievement. We must remember that without integrity, nothing else matters and that with integrity, nothing else matters. Jon Huntsman, Sr.

You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams. Imagination plus innovation equals realization. Denis Waitley

We live between the act of awakening and the act of surrender. Each morning, we awaken to the light and the invitation to a new day in the world of time; each night, we surrender to the dark to be taken to play in the world of dreams where time is no more. John O'Donohue

There are a lot of people who have dreams, goals, and hopes, but there aren't a lot who get to see them realized. Tyler Perry

So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. Christopher Reeve

My theory is that literature is essential to society in the way that dreams are essential to our lives. We can't live without dreaming - as we can't live without sleep. We are 'conscious' beings for only a limited period of time, then we sink back into sleep - the 'unconscious.' It is nourishing, in ways we can't fully understand. Joyce Carol Oates

I've had quite a lot of luck with dreams. I've often awoken in the night with a phrase or even a whole song in my head. Brian Eno

I'm a really hectic dreamer; I never wake up not out of a dream, and there's loads going on, lots of action, big blockbuster dreams, they're all major enterprises. Linda Grant

When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live. Greg Anderson

To be in an Intercontinental title match at WrestleMania, that is the stuff dreams are made of. Dean Ambrose

The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential. John C. Maxwell

Our dreams drench us in sense, and sense steeps us again in dreams. Amos Bronson Alcott

Men are the dreams of a shadow. Pindar

Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to one's rage; whether one only wants to wander like madmen around prisons, or whether one wants to overturn them. Georges Bataille

You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we can't even imagine dreaming. You have done more for the collective unconscious of this planet than you will ever know. Steven Spielberg

We live in America where each and every person has the equal opportunity to take their iPhone or a smartphone and create something and put it online and have the equal ability to blow up and be successful. It's a tool I hope we inspire tons of people to pick up and go after their dreams. Todrick Hall

There are a lot of things that are personally uncomfortable to show, especially me without makeup and completely bloated or crying. But I've realized that it's time for me to show my audience that you don't have to be perfect to achieve your dreams. Because nobody relates to being perfect. Katy Perry

So to all Americans, in every city near and far, small and large, from mountain to mountain, and from ocean to ocean, hear these words: You will never be ignored again. Your voice, your hopes, and your dreams will define our American destiny. And your courage and goodness and love will forever guide us along the way. Donald Trump


Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths. Joseph Campbell

I've had several really tangible dreams about UFOs, and they've been amazing! Martin Freeman

I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic. Isabel Allende

When we can't dream any longer we die. Emma Goldman

To become an astronaut, someone has to have a dream of his own to do something that he or she has always wanted to do, then commit himself to making that dream come true. Eugene Cernan

The dreams which reveal the supernatural are promises and messages that God sends us directly: they are nothing but His angels, His ministering spirits, who usually appear to us when we are in a great predicament. Paracelsus

Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories. Jesse Jackson

Men don't come up to you to just talk. We come up to you with a plan. We're looking across the room at you, and we don't care about your hopes and dreams. We don't care about what your future holds. We saw something we wanted. Steve Harvey

Ironically, it is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror. Michael Bloomberg

You have the dreams that you want, and then you have to do other jobs until you can get to that dream. Channing Tatum

We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams. Les Brown

There are hundreds of stories I've heard from black women from my generation, generations before me, and the next, that have never been given an opportunity to fulfill their dreams. Misty Copeland

So we see Edward as a young man on the road and he meets a giant and he brings the giant to a circus where he meets a Miss Calloway. He sees the woman of his dreams and I am the only one who knows who she is. Danny DeVito

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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. Chantal Sutherland

I'm fortunate enough to be living my dreams and a lot of other peoples' dreams. Wale

When we see the face of a child, we think of the future. We think of their dreams about what they might become, and what they might accomplish. Desmond Tutu

To become truly immortal, a work of art must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere. But once these barriers are broken, it will enter the realms of childhood visions and dreams. Giorgio de Chirico

The entrepreneur rarely thinks in terms of what he or she wants, but dreams about results - always results and nothing but results - that can solve someone else's problem or contribute to making someone else's life better. Michael E. Gerber

Our fathers had their dreams; we have ours; the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist. Olive Schreiner

Men secretly respect a woman who is strong, has confidence and has dreams of her own. There's nothing more attractive to a man than a woman who has dignity and pride in who she is. Sherry Argov

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. J. K. Rowling

You have to be vigorous. That's the only way you are going to get it because everybody has dreams and everybody has goals, but the only people who achieve them are the ones that go after it and don't take no for an answer. Nick Cannon

We must not let our passions destroy our dreams. Thomas S. Monson

There are many talented people who haven't fulfilled their dreams because they over thought it, or they were too cautious, and were unwilling to make the leap of faith. James Cameron

Some people ask why people would go into a dark room to be scared. I say they are already scared, and they need to have that fear manipulated and massaged. I think of horror movies as the disturbed dreams of a society. Wes Craven

Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer. Giorgio Armani

I've made mistakes before of doing different projects just based on my dreams, my hopes, my thing, and not really thinking about my customers. Tyra Banks

I'm fulfilling my dreams that I had as a kid every single day. Aaron Rodgers

When we started Aftermath, we had something like 20 artists, and it was driving me crazy. I couldn't sit down and focus on any of it. Plus, it was doubly hard because you ended up crushing these people's dreams when you had to let them go. Dr. Dre

To every people the land is given on condition. Perceived or not, there is a Covenant, beyond the constitution, beyond sovereign guarantee, beyond the nation's sweetest dreams of itself. Leonard Cohen

The equal right of all citizens to health, education, work, food, security, culture, science, and wellbeing - that is, the same rights we proclaimed when we began our struggle, in addition to those which emerge from our dreams of justice and equality for all inhabitants of our world - is what I wish for all. Fidel Castro

Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal. Victor Hugo

Mitt Romney will stop the attacks on job creators, encourage entrepreneurs to chase their dreams, and bring good jobs and a better future to all Americans. Marco Rubio

It feels good being a restaurant owner because it's part of my dreams of being the biggest mogul. DJ Khaled

You have to dream before your dreams can come true. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans. Max Beerbohm

There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe, that here in America, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams. Barack Obama

Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking. Black Elk

Never let life impede on your ability to manifest your dreams. Dig deeper into your dreams and deeper into yourself and believe that anything is possible, and make it happen. Corin Nemec

I've never been bashful to say that I'm not really interested in Formula One. When I lived in England, it's all I wanted to do and I thought that anything else would somehow be a compromise to my dreams. But then when I came back to the States, I realised how much I loved being back in the States. Danica Patrick

I'm fulfilling my dreams that I had as a kid every single day. That's why I'm trying to enjoy it so much. Aaron Rodgers

When you cease to dream you cease to live. Malcolm Forbes

To me, what I love about the draft is; first, you see the young men who are realizing their dreams that they've worked so hard for. That's a pretty cool thing. You saw the emotion from some of these guys the other day. And then, the second thing is this total sense of hope and optimism. And, I think that's great for everybody. Roger Goodell

The first 'D' is to dream: dream big - not for yourself, but for the country and for the world. The second 'D' is to discover: discover your full potential and the opportunities that surround you; and the third 'D' is to do. 'Do' means to act on your dreams and make best use of the opportunities you have discovered. Kailash Satyarthi

Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together. Anais Nin

'Modelland' has always been a part of my mind and my heart. I'm excited that you'll be able to read about this magical world that's been living in my dreams for so many years. Tyra Banks

It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody. Spike Lee

You have to dream dreams to live dreams. Eric Lindros


We need affordable space travel to inspire our youth, to let them know that they can experience their dreams, can set significant goals and be in a position to lead all of us to future progress in exploration, discovery and fun. Thanks to the X Prize for the inspiration. Burt Rutan

There are women succeeding beyond their wildest dreams because of their sobriety. Mary Karr

Sometimes I wake at night in the White House and rub my eyes and wonder if it is not all a dream. Grover Cleveland

Never let your dreams go away. Mike Piazza

I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams. R. L. Stine

I'm glad I dropped out of high school, man. I wouldn't be where I'm at. I would have had a net. I'm glad I didn't have anything to fall back on, man, because that made me go for my dreams that much harder. Tracy Morgan

When you have a dream that you can't let go of, trust your instincts and pursue it. But remember: Real dreams take work, They take patience, and sometimes they require you to dig down very deep. Be sure you're willing to do that. Harvey Mackay

To pursue your dreams, to have them come true, to have made a difference, to have changed society, to have fought against powerful forces... that's a life well-spent. Hugh Hefner

The follow your dreams thing is really important because so many people are railroaded into taking other paths by their family, their friends, people who should be supportive going, 'What are you talking about?' Even just seemingly regular career paths, but if it's not what people expect for you they kind of react funny. Joan Jett

Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future. Paul Wellstone

More dreams are realised and extinguished in Bombay than any other place in India. Gregory David Roberts

It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them. Man Ray

You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning. Billy Wilder

We need time to defuse, to contemplate. Just as in sleep our brains relax and give us dreams, so at some time in the day we need to disconnect, reconnect, and look around us. Laurie Colwin

There has been enough suffering in our country, there has been enough of children whose dreams die before they have a chance to grow and there has been enough of our elders who, having served their nation, are forced into indignity in their old age. John Agyekum Kufuor

Sometimes just being on a beach with my loved ones is all the adventure I need. I am a happy camper and continue to be a citizen of the world. I have yet to discover other cultures, other peoples' dreams and treasures. I will always be a traveler who is discovering beautiful Gaia. Guy Laliberte

Never set limits, go after your dreams, don't be afraid to push the boundaries. And laugh a lot - it's good for you! Paula Radcliffe

I've said it before, but it's absolutely true: My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future. Liza Minnelli

I'm like the luckiest girl in the world. I've gotten to be a princess, I've gotten to work with the Muppets. A lot of my childhood dreams about who I wanted to be when I was a grown-up, I at least get to play them in movies. Amy Adams

When you have little girls bringing you your action figures for you to sign, it's like, 'Wow, things are happening, and dreams do come true.' Sasha Banks

To the degree we're not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves. Peter McWilliams

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt

Our religion is the traditions of our ancestors - the dreams of our old men, given them in solemn hours of the night by the Great Spirit; and the visions of our sachems, and is written in the hearts of our people. Chief Seattle

Most new jobs won't come from our biggest employers. They will come from our smallest. We've got to do everything we can to make entrepreneurial dreams a reality. Ross Perot

It is an everlasting desire to make my dreams come true. And it's getting to the point now where it's like, come on I want my dreams to come true so that I can get on with the rest of my life. Sometimes I think about the rest of my life when I'm done. Picabo Street

You have to keep going and pursue your dreams. Joey King

We need to be aware of what we are capable of first and realize that if you place your dreams really really high, you do have the potential to get to that level. Vicente Fox

There have been many dreams which have been personal guides for me. Bernie Siegel

Sometimes your dreams come true. Frank Bruno

Never think you can't do something. I definitely never thought I could write a book, and even after I started writing it, I was like, 'Oh my God, how am I gonna write a book?' Just set your sights high and reach for the stars. Go live your dreams, and never think you can't. Connor Franta

I've seen a lot of poverty - coming up as a young child, lost hopes and dreams and people that never had a chance to have a decent quality of life. I believe we can do a lot greater than that. Maxine Waters

I'm living out my dreams and I love what I do. Ashley Tisdale

When you stop having dreams and ideals - well, you might as well stop altogether. Marian Anderson

To this day, some of my closest friends say, 'Gaga, you know, everything's great. You're a singer; your dreams have come true.' But, still, when certain things are said to you over and over again as you're growing up, it stays with you and you wonder if they're true. Lady Gaga

The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities. James Allen

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake. Henry David Thoreau

Most of us accept that although we may believe our dreams to be real events, upon waking, we can tell the difference between nocturnal hallucinations and reality. Siri Hustvedt

It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left? Jim Carrey

You have to keep pushing toward those dreams no matter what setbacks happen. Anthony Hamilton


We never want to go into a tour and play 15 songs and say 'Enjoy.' We have messages: Number 1, follow your dreams. If I can do it, you can do it. Number 2, give your life to something. We say, 'Volunteer and add seven years to your life.' You can have your own personal ministry. The message we have is 'What do you stand for?' John Tesh

There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality. Jonas Salk

Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers. Paul Wellstone

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us. Wilma Rudolph

I've shown that if you dream and are willing to work hard, you can achieve your dreams. Mo Farah

I'm most proud of helping so many others achieve their dreams as founders. David Cohen

When younger writers and poets, musicians and painters are weakened by a stemming of funds, they come to me saddened, not as full of dreams and excitement and ideas. I am then weakened and diminished, and made less rich. Maya Angelou

To wear dreams on one's feet is to begin to give a reality to one's dreams. Roger Vivier

The Hispanic community values entrepreneurship and family-owned businesses, and we deserve a leader in Washington who is dedicated to creating an environment where our values, our goals and our dreams of prosperity can become reality. Mario Diaz-Balart

Ours is the job of interpreting the Constitution. And that document isn't some inkblot on which litigants may project their hopes and dreams. Neil Gorsuch

Mother believed that I should have an enormous amount of sleep, and so I was never really tired when I went to bed. This was the best time of day, when I could lie in the vague twilight, drifting off to sleep, making up dreams inside my head the way they should go. Sylvia Plath

It is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror. Michael Bloomberg

You have to know your identity. It's the biggest thing in wanting to pursue creative dreams. Lauren Daigle

We see people in the Middle East begin to have dreams of new Ottoman Empire where everyone will be subjected to some of what we've seen happen in those countries where we helped bring about an Arab Spring that's turned into a Winter Nightmare. Louie Gohmert

There is no better gift a society can give children than the opportunity to grow up safe and free - the chance to pursue whatever dreams they may have. John Roberts

Sometimes, you follow your dreams. I say to the young people, 'If you have a dream, chase it.' Karl Malone

New Year's Day. A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved. Answers to be discovered and then lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery. Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth to change. Sarah Ban Breathnach

I've sort of become the poster boy for quitting your job and following your dreams. John Tesh

I'm not just a boy toy. I have feelings and dreams like anybody else. Jon Stewart

When your dreams include service to others - accomplishing something that contributes to others - it also accelerates the accomplishment of that goal. People want to be part of something that contributes and makes a difference. Jack Canfield

Today I know that there is still work to be done, but along the way my I am achieving my dreams. Candace Parker

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed. Charlotte Bronte

Passion isn't something that lives way up in the sky, in abstract dreams and hopes. It lives at ground level, in the specific details of what you're actually doing every day. Marcus Buckingham

Mothers have always held such symbolic weight in determining a person's worth. Your mother tongue, your motherland, your mother's values - these things can qualify or disqualify you from attaining myriad American dreams: love, fluency, citizenship, legitimacy, acceptance, success, freedom. Jenny Zhang

It is great good health to believe, as the Hindus do, that there are 33 million gods and goddesses in the world. It is great good health to want to understand one's dreams. It is great good health to desire the ambiguous and paradoxical. Clive Barker

You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them. Natalie du Toit

We should be dreaming. We grew up as kids having dreams, but now we're too sophisticated as adults, as a nation. We stopped dreaming. We should always have dreams. Herb Brooks

There is no reason we should expect young children to enter the nocturnal darkness of sleep and dreams without help. Siri Hustvedt

Soviet expansionism in Europe, the battle for control of China, and the 1950 invasion of South Korea would shatter once-euphoric dreams of post-war cooperation with the Kremlin. M. Stanton Evans

New York is the place that made my and other artists' dreams come true by giving us a chance to realise our ideas and concepts. It was a great place for making a presentation of artistic creation. Yayoi Kusama

I've succeeded beyond my wildest dreams - financially and the amount of fun I have in my life. Phil Hartman

I'm not really that girl who dreams about her wedding day. Taylor Swift

When you're a kid, you have these big ideas and these big dreams to make a change, or maybe you feel like you can't make a difference. AnnaSophia Robb

Today, among little girls especially, princesses and the romanticised ideal they represent - finding the man of your dreams - have a limited shelf life. John Lasseter

The human imagination... has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist practice or philosophy. It dreams, like a dog in its basket, of hares in the open. John Berger

People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams. Norman Cousins

Movies are dreams! And they work on you subliminally. Carrie Fisher

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. Virginia Woolf

You know, my dad served in the President's Cabinet after his time as a governor. He told me he enjoyed being governor a lot more. Now, I understand why. If I do my job well, I can make a difference in people's lives and I can help our children realize their dreams. Mitt Romney

We should never discourage young people from dreaming dreams. Lenny Wilkens

There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements. Gordon B. Hinckley

Spiritual consciousness is, on the whole, very adventurous and all about pursuing our deepest, most fulfilling dreams. James Redfield

Night is the mother of counsels. George Herbert


Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of the people. Dexter Gordon

I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later. Mitch Hedberg

Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing. John Locke

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. Les Brown

The idea of having dreams that don't come true is really terrifying. Domhnall Gleeson

People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that they're all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error. Florence King

Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things. Samuel Butler

It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

You know, one of my biggest dreams in life is to play a Disney princess. Ginnifer Goodwin

We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed. Doris Lessing

There is one thing that gets you out of bed in the morning, and that is discipline. Because your dreams and your goals are not there waking up for you in the morning. Jocko Willink

Sports nurtures dreams of achieving self confidence and masculine striving for the skinny kid watching a boxer dance around the ring with sublime ease. Armstrong Williams

No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto. W. Clement Stone

Job training empowers people to realize their dreams and improve their lives. Sylvia Mathews Burwell

I'm sorry - I know America is supposed to be the land of the dreams and hopes, but it's like, when was that actually a real thing? I think from the very beginning it was all a lie, and it still kind of is. Stop trying to sell the picket fence, because there's another backyard here that you haven't looked at. Sasha Lane

While marriage is historically associated with dire obligation and clipped wings, I've found that it actually liberates you to take on adventure and achieve your dreams. I like to call my husband 'my person.' Find your 'person,' and you can do anything! Lake Bell

Too many people chase dreams that they don't understand. Too many people try to go for things that they'd like to do, but they're not realistic enough to know they don't have the talent. Corey Taylor

The ideal of all Kosovo is membership in the E.U. and a permanent friendship with the United States. I believe and I am convinced our dreams will come true. Atifete Jahjaga

People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams. Ralph Lauren

Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams. Georg C. Lichtenberg

It is one of the blessings of this world that few people see visions and dream dreams. Zora Neale Hurston

You know, the man of my dreams might walk round the corner tomorrow. I'm older and wiser and I think I'd make a great girlfriend. I live in the realm of romantic possibility. Stevie Nicks

We used to talk about wanting to get some money, but that's when hip-hop was based on your dreams and your fantasy. The whole thing now is the dreams and fantasies were achieved, and you don't want to make it the focal point. You can't keep beating that dead horse. Sean Combs

There something to be said for having even unrealistic dreams. Even if the dreams don't come true - that, to me, is what's beautiful about Los Angeles. It's full of these people who have moved there to chase these dreams. Damien Chazelle

Stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving toward your goals. LL Cool J

No matter what happens, one should not stop dreaming... dreams do come true. Neil Nitin Mukesh

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams. William H. Macy

While novels are fiction, mine are usually very close to my heart. Like my other books, 'The Lemon Orchard' is inspired by something I care about. I care so deeply. The stories are my dreams, and I want to do a lot of research. Roberto is based on a real live friend of mine named Armando who worked in my garden. Luanne Rice

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. William Butler Yeats

'The Impossible Dream' is, in my opinion, one of the greatest songs ever written. Here is a man, an old man, a very old man full of daring, bravery, courage, determination, romanticism and dreams. Christopher Lee

People need dreams, there's as much nourishment in 'em as food. Dorothy Gilman

My career was full of struggles and dreams, disappointments and peaks and valleys. But there was no Twitter, no Facebook or TMZ. Young actors could make mistakes and not become the focus of tabloids. Ricky Schroder

It is possible for a kid from east Texas, raised in south central LA and Carson, who believes in his dreams, commits himself to them with his heart, to touch them and to have them happen. Forest Whitaker

You know, Willie Wonka said it best: we are the makers of dreams, the dreamers of dreams. Herb Brooks

We want an Afghanistan that is shaped by the dreams of the great Afghan people, not by irrational fears and overreaching ambitions of others. Narendra Modi

There's a good deal in common between the mind's eye and the TV screen, and though the TV set has all too often been the boobtube, it could be, it can be, the box of dreams. Ursula K. Le Guin


Stay true to yourself, yet always be open to learn. Work hard, and never give up on your dreams, even when nobody else believes they can come true but you. These are not cliches but real tools you need no matter what you do in life to stay focused on your path. Phillip Sweet

No matter where you are from, no matter what your background is, no matter what your socioeconomic status is, every person can achieve his or her dreams. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Just follow your dreams and be patient. Angelique Kerber

I'm sure that everyone who goes into fashion always dreams of having a perfume, since it completes the brand and exposes it in a different way. Reem Acra

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. Carl Jung

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity. Khalil Gibran

The interpretation of dreams is a great art. Paracelsus

People think it's funny that I enjoy dreaming so much. I just use it as a form of entertainment. It's very private. I don't see my dreams as separate. I mean, half the time I'm wandering around dreaming anyway. Robert Smith

My childhood dreams were focused on being part of the effort to make humanity a multiplanetary species. Peter Diamandis

It is the police of America who are on the front lines, who are on the streets, who are in the daily contact with American citizens, who translate the dreams of American citizens when they succeed and frustrate the dreams when they fail. Janet Reno

You must recognize, embrace, and be honest about what is real for you today and allow that understanding to inform the choices you make. Only then will you be able to build the future of your dreams. Suze Orman

We will bring back our jobs. We will bring back our borders. We will bring back our wealth. And we will bring back our dreams. Donald Trump

There's a joy and a pain about directing where the dreams you have are becoming concrete but the attention to detail, the need for time is such that it's overwhelming at times, and the stream of responsibility. William Shatner

Strivers achieve what dreamers believe. Usher

No one may speak for the dead, no one may interpret their mutilated dreams and visions. Elie Wiesel

Just like in rugby, the pinnacle was playing for the All Blacks. That was always a massive thing. But you never speak it outwardly because it can sound stupid. But if you don't have massive dreams, you might as well stay in bed. Sonny Bill Williams

I'm very comfortable with the nature of life and death, and that we come to an end. What's most difficult to imagine is that those dreams and early yearnings and desires of childhood and adolescence will also disappear. But who knows? Maybe you become part of the eternal whatever. Hugh Hefner

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake? Leonardo da Vinci

Understand and accept the cycles of money. The setbacks you may have today or next year will not keep you from financial freedom. If you hold on to your goals and dreams, you will get there. Suze Orman

The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind. Sigmund Freud

People with financial plans are much more likely to feel prepared, even in tumultuous times. They're more likely to feel that their dreams and goals are secure. And, oh yes, they do actually save significantly more. Jean Chatzky

My dream life is just to go back to my job full-time. And be with my family. You know, regular dreams, common dreams that everyone has. Carla Bruni

It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. Benjamin E. Mays

You only get one album. You only get one single. You get one shot in music. But I have a million different dreams. Why can't I go out and try to achieve them all? Who are you to say I can't? Lucy Hale

We're in the business of selling pleasure. We don't sell handbags or haute couture. We sell dreams. Alain Wertheimer

There's a line I have that our family was designed more for public than for private. But there are definitely some things that are only mine. I am someone who dreams at night, and you don't know what I'm dreaming. Carrie Fisher

Suddenly, we are putting ourselves as the next dinosaurs. It's rather dark; we have narrowed our dreams. It is time to restore our visions. And so it's not a nostalgic idea; it is based with this unconscious need to restore a kind of dynamic for tomorrow. Jean-Michel Jarre

No one respects the First Amendment more than I do. People have a right to express their concerns and their hopes and dreams to their government. Anthony Foxx


Just really, really believe in what you're trying to do. Don't let people alter that. Let people advise you and lead you down paths to make smart business decisions. But trust your instinct and trust that overwhelming drive that made you put all your dreams and everything on the line. Luke Bryan

In a couple, sometimes, one or both people have to give up their personal life, dreams and ambitions for the good of the family. Monica Bellucci

Wide awake I can make my most fantastic dreams come true. Lorenz Hart

Usually, I work every day, seven days a week. When I go three days without writing, my body aches with anxiety; my mood is irritable. My night dreams grow wild with unconscious invention. Pete Hamill

The job of elected officials is to answer to the people who sent them to Washington - not to scorn them, not to demean them, not to mock them, and not to sell their jobs and dreams to the highest bidder. Jeff Sessions

People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around. Barbara Kingsolver

My dreams are of water. And my nightmares. Siouxsie Sioux

It seems like in the beginning of my flight, the space dreams were rare. And now, almost 150 days into it, the Earth dreams are more of the rare ones. Scott Kelly

You sail into the harbor, and Staten Island is on your left, and then you see the Statue of Liberty. This is what everyone in the world has dreams of when they think about New York. And I thought, 'My God, I'm in Heaven. I'll be dancing down Fifth Avenue like Fred Astaire with Ginger Rogers.' Frank McCourt

We're not teaching our students the importance of relationships with other people: how you work with them, what the relational pathology consists of, how you examine your own conscience, how you examine the inner world, how you examine your dreams. Irvin D. Yalom

There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success. Paul Bryant

Surreal fiction is a sophisticated art form. Events happen divorced from conventional logic, as events in a dream may happen. But unlike dreams, everything in the story contributes to an overall coherent point, impression or emotion. Nancy Kress

No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams. Jesse Jackson

Keep true to the dreams of your youth. Friedrich Schiller

In bed my real love has always been the sleep that rescued me by allowing me to dream. Luigi Pirandello

'Wild Grinders' becoming an animated series, and airing on Nicktoons is another one of my boyhood dreams come true. I came up with the name when I was eleven years old, when I needed a name for my first skate crew - who knew it would turn into such a mega brand? Rob Dyrdek

Vision gets the dreams started. Dreaming employs your God-given imagination to reinforce the vision. Both are part of something I believe is absolutely necessary to building the life of a champion, a winner, a person of high character who is consistently at the top of whatever game he or she is in. Emmitt Smith

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need. Tracy Chapman

My dreams do not end with playing Major League Baseball. Derek Jeter

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. Erma Bombeck

You white folks see UFOs in your dreams. You don't hear about Martians in Harlem. Paul Mooney

We're special because dreams that are impossible anywhere else, come true here. That's not just my story. That's your story. That's our story. Marco Rubio

There's a lot of people that have great ideas and dreams and whatnot, but unless you're willing to work really, really hard, and work for what you want, it's never going to happen. Kris Jenner

Swimming is a life-saving skill, so just the fact that the sport that I love can give so much back to other people - and inspire them to join something that they never thought they could do or go after their dreams - is something that is really special to me. Simone Manuel

No person has the right to rain on your dreams. Marian Wright Edelman

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe. Gail Devers

In dreams begins responsibility. William Butler Yeats

Winners, I am convinced, imagine their dreams first. They want it with all their heart and expect it to come true. There is, I believe, no other way to live. Joe Montana

Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else's dreams? Tim Burton

The London Games will be designed for the athletes and we will provide them with the very best venues and the very best conditions to pursue their sporting dreams in London. Sebastian Coe

Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear. Joseph Conrad

My dreams for the future are simple: work, a happy, healthy family, a lovely long motorcycle ride, and continuing the struggle to awaken people to the need for serious human rights reform. Mike Farrell

It takes someone with a vision of the possibilities to attain new levels of experience. Someone with the courage to live his dreams. Les Brown

You'll be much more successful if you follow your dreams and follow your passions. Jay Weatherill

We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams. Jesse Jackson

There's always going to be dreams and goals I have, but I never really tell people what they are. Tyra Banks

Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous new year by believing. Believe in yourself. And believe that there is a loving Source - a Sower of Dreams - just waiting to be asked to help you make your dreams come true. Sarah Ban Breathnach

No wishes are silly, no dreams remain dreams, for those committed to clear and definitive goals. Maximillian Degenerez

Kids need a happy household. They need to be loved and supported in their dreams. And I don't think you can make your kids' dreams your own. They need you to support them in their dreams. Billy Crystal

In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress. Leonard Cohen


With 'Street Fight,' it took an urban mayoral election and found lots of complexity in there. The same with 'Racing Dreams.' I wanted to show complexity within this world that most documentary people don't know anything about. Marshall Curry

Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought? Joan Didion

The more closely you get in touch with your dreams, the more able you are to make them real. The more vividly you consider how you want your world to be, the more real and effective tools you will have for making it so. Ralph Marston

Pop culture shapes our ideas of what is normal and what our dreams can be and what our roles are. Politics, of course, decides how the power and the money in the country is distributed. Both are equally important, and each affects the other. Gloria Steinem

My dreams kind of came through when I went to see the cinema. Debbie Reynolds

It was one of my dreams as a child, growing up in my little village with my cousins. We used to walk together, and I used to say, when you look at the world map, 'This town is there, that town is there, that river is there.' I used to say, 'One day, I'm going to travel these places.' Jimmy Cliff

Your mind, while blessed with permanent memory, is cursed with lousy recall. Written goals provide clarity. By documenting your dreams, you must think about the process of achieving them. Gary Ryan Blair

What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they? Manuel Puig

There's nothing as exciting as a comeback - seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance. Rachel Griffiths

Take everything easy and quit dreaming and brooding and you will be well guarded from a thousand evils. Amy Lowell

Nothing happens unless first we dream. Carl Sandburg

Learn from your dreams what you lack. W. H. Auden

In dreams, anything can be anything, and everybody can do. We can fly, we can turn upside down, we can transform into anything. Twyla Tharp

With unemployment still abysmally high, the Obama economy is crushing Hispanics' dreams for their children to live a better life. Marco Rubio

We all dream dreams of unity, of purity; we all dream that there's an authoritative voice out there that will explain things, including ourselves. Junot Diaz

The more you can dream, the more you can do. Michael Korda

Positional leaders ignore the fact that every person has hopes, dreams, desires, and goals of his own. And leaders must bring their vision and the aspirations of the people they lead together in a way that benefits everyone. John C. Maxwell

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free. Mary Shelley

It's a fine line of doing what's good for your life and what your parents want you to do, but also following your dreams. With my parents, when I was younger, I always had to do two things. If I was acting, I always had to do a sport or something on the arts side of things along with that. Kaley Cuoco

Your targets can only be realized on the basis of dreams. Recep Tayyip Erdogan

What I would say to young entrepreneurs is there's so many moments in your life where you have these dreams, and people are trying to protect you, and they say, perhaps, friends, family, parents sometimes, they don't agree with it, they think, 'This is just too high of a hurdle.' And I don't agree with that. Howard Schultz

They made it to the middle class, my dad working as a bartender and my mother as a cashier and a maid. I didn't inherit any money from them. But I inherited something far better - the real opportunity to accomplish my dreams. Marco Rubio

Take pleasure in your dreams; relish your principles and drape your purest feelings on the heart of a precious lover. Giotto di Bondone

Obviously one must hold oneself responsible for the evil impulses of one's dreams. In what other way can one deal with them? Unless the content of the dream rightly understood is inspired by alien spirits, it is part of my own being. Sigmund Freud

Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled. Queen Rania of Jordan

In high school, I worked eight hours a day just so I could get into the college of my dreams and say that I got in - and I never went. Bo Burnham

Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities. Sugar Ray Leonard

We all dream; we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if nothing strange goes on in our sleep minds, strange at least by comparison with the logical, purposeful doings of our minds when we are awake. Erich Fromm

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold. Khalil Gibran

Practise and practise to make your dreams turn into reality. Chanda Kochhar

My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little did I know that I would live in Malacanang Palace for 20 years and visit all the major palaces of mankind. And then also meet ordinary citizens and the leaders of superpowers. Imelda Marcos

It's a weird place to be in because my dreams in life have surpassed what I could have ever imagined. I just hope I can continue to write stand-up, but I would say my big dream is to build an amazing family. It's so boring and cheesy, but that's my focus. Tig Notaro

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. Carl Jung

What is a television apparatus to man, who has only to shut his eyes to see the most inaccessible regions of the seen and the never seen, who has only to imagine in order to pierce through walls and cause all the planetary Baghdads of his dreams to rise from the dust. Salvador Dali

They should hold themselves absolutely upon the immovable foundation of truth and nature, whereby alone they can save themselves from misapprehensions and from the danger of being entirely carried away from reality into mere dreams and fictions. Ethan A. Hitchcock

Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything. Dave Matthews

Obviously, fans are the beginning and end for any artist. The minute your fans embrace you and accept you, you begin this ride of being in music and having a career doing something you love. You get to go be a kid and live out your dreams by performing music for fans who come out to your shows. Luke Bryan

Let us keep the dance of rain our fathers kept and tread our dreams beneath the jungle sky. Arna Bontemps

In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers. Malala Yousafzai

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. Gloria Steinem

We all get lost along the way, but hopefully we figure out some sort of path. It helps if you can imagine the process as well as the goal. Those kinds of dreams are easier to achieve. Annette Bening

The motivation is in my heart to work toward my goals and my dreams. Nonito Donaire

Private dreams are the most powerful. You have to dream of success to make it happen, and if you don't believe in yourself, nobody else will. But that doesn't mean you have to go around telling everyone about it. Tony McCoy

My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my writings. Mary Shelley

It's good to have plans and dreams, but don't be surprised if God brings you somewhere else. Anne F. Beiler

You're going to dream no matter what you do in your life, so make those dreams so big that you can attract others who are amazed at your visions and goals. Michael E. Gerber

What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough; for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams. Pedro Calderon de la Barca

They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn't. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality. Frida Kahlo

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round. William Butler Yeats

Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time. H. P. Lovecraft

Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality. Malala Yousafzai

In most of our dreams, our inner eye of reflection is shut and we sleep within our sleep. The exception takes place when we seem to awake within our dreams, without disturbing or ending the dream state, and learn to recognize that we are dreaming while the dream is still happening. Stephen LaBerge


Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes. Jawaharlal Nehru

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort. Jesse Owens

The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true. Edgar Allan Poe

Real shapes and real patterns are things you would observe in nature, like the marks on the back of a cobra's hood or the markings on a fish or a lizard. Imaginary shapes are just that, symbols that come to a person in dreams or reveries and are charged with meaning. Jim Woodring

My experience of malaria was just taking anti-malarials, which give you strange dreams, because I don't want to get malaria. Bill Gates

It's great to see our players get some of their dreams come true. Nick Saban

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. George Bernard Shaw

What is the conservative movement? It's pretty straightforward. We believe that the way prosperity is created is when people have the freedom and the opportunity to pursue their dreams. Marco Rubio

They were using the dolls to project their dreams of their own futures as adult women. Ruth Handler

Talking about dreams is like talking about movies, since the cinema uses the language of dreams; years can pass in a second, and you can hop from one place to another. It's a language made of image. And in the real cinema, every object and every light means something, as in a dream. Federico Fellini

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. Lester B. Pearson

Let your dreams outgrow the shoes of your expectations. Ryunosuke Satoro

In my childhood, America was like a religion. Then, real-life Americans abruptly entered my life - in jeeps - and upset all my dreams. Sergio Leone

Women are not in love with me but with the picture of me on the screen. I am merely the canvas on which women paint their dreams. Rudolph Valentino

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams. Jeremy Irons

The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams. Tupac Shakur

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real. Tupac Shakur

My family doesn't understand trying to chase your dreams because they were all about survival. Cristela Alonzo

It's hard because people always say, 'Follow your dreams,' but it's not a perfect world, and things don't always work out. But you've just got to work hard, and you can't take things for granted. Stephen Colletti

Youth is in a grand flush, like the hot days of ending summer; and pleasant dreams thrall your spirit, like the smoky atmosphere that bathes the landscape of an August day. Donald G. Mitchell

What makes a loft authentic isn't its layout or its history but its ability to give people a true home - a dwelling that reflects their personalities and aspirations, including their dreams of urbanity. Virginia Postrel

This is the city of dreamers and time and again it's the place where the greatest dream of all, the American dream, has been tested and has triumphed. Michael Bloomberg

Talking about food is like talking about your dreams. Everyone has something to say. We all have to eat, it's just what we eat which differs. Some people eat for fuel and I feel bad for them. Gael Garcia Bernal

Oh, I was never a businessman. I was a visionary, a dreamer. Jim Bakker

Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge. Paul Gauguin

In my dreams and visions, I seemed to see a line, and on the other side of that line were green fields, and lovely flowers, and beautiful white ladies, who stretched out their arms to me over the line, but I couldn't reach them no-how. I always fell before I got to the line. Harriet Tubman

Women have to summon up courage to fulfill dormant dreams. Alice Walker

We all have so much more power to make our dreams a reality - and love life along the way - than we think we do! Rachele Brooke Smith

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits. Theodore Roosevelt

A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams. Umberto Eco

Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned. Emile Durkheim

My father is a very successful man in the corporate world, and I am his only son. He had certain dreams for me. I was scared to tell him that I wanted to be an actor. Ram Kapoor

It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams. Vin Diesel

You've got to have a dream... if you don't have any big dreams, nothing happens. Ian Rush

Whatever dreams I have wished have come true. Annette Funicello

This may sound a bit naive, but I got here by believing in big dreams. Howard Schultz

Talking, talking. Spinning a web of words, pale walls of dreams, between myself and all I see. John Gardner

Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate. Soren Kierkegaard

Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams. Ashley Smith

In my dreams I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance. Louise Brooks

Working together in concert more smoothly not only helps us move more quickly; it changes the nature of what we can undertake. When we have the confidence that we can orchestrate the group effort required to realize them, we dare bigger dreams. Justin Rosenstein

We all keep dreaming, and luckily, dreams come true. Katie Holmes

The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it. Kalpana Chawla

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure. Paulo Coelho

My father, his spirit is with me constantly, and I'm a believer in that world and the world of dreams and that stuff. Ziggy Marley


It's not my job to dream your dreams. It's my job to make your dreams become a reality. Blanche Lincoln

What's interesting is with a lot of the work I do through my foundation, the 'Manifest Your Destiny' foundation, we really encourage people, and we attempt to empower, uplift and inspire people to live out their dreams, live out their destiny. Hill Harper

Those born into poverty or on the margins of society require our extra support to realize their dreams. Novak Djokovic

Technology has a great advantage in that we are capable of creating dinosaurs and show them on the screen even though they are extinct 65 million years. All of a sudden, we have a fantastic tool that is as good as dreams are. Werner Herzog

Old folks have dreams and ambitions too, like everybody else. Don't sit on a couch someplace. John Glenn

Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth. Jean-Paul Sartre

In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield. Douglas MacArthur

Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth, would be to have been young and never dreamed at all. Jean Genet

We all ran barefooted on the dusty roads in our past, but now the Emperor wears shoes, and it is our responsibility to ensure that the barefooted child and the doting mother are afforded a holistic environment to realise their dreams and ambitions. Anthony Carmona

The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality. James A. Michener

Revelations are conveyed in a variety of ways, including, for example, dreams, visions, conversations with heavenly messengers, and inspiration. Some revelations are received immediately and intensely; some are recognized gradually and subtly. David A. Bednar

My fear is that I go up to the girl of my dreams and say 'I'm sorry, but I've got to say hello to you,' and she slides the stool back and gets up and walks away, saying, 'Not for me, Bub. I don't want anything to do with you.' John Mayer

It's not only imagination, it's the distortion of the vision. You suddenly think, This person is idealistic, this person is strong, this person has dreams, when you know better most of the time. You put what you want to see on people. Olivier Martinez

When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on your horse, My mind a top whipped by the lashes Of your rhetoric, windy of course. Stephen Spender

Those inevitable dreams where you can't get your column in, you know, and at first they were the Xerox telecopy, and then they were the fax machine, and then they were, you know, email. The anxiety remains the same, but the technology has changed. Ellen Goodman

Tell me about yourself - your struggles, your dreams, your telephone number. Peter Arno

One day it just hit me. This is it. You are not in love. So either stay in it because you have a child or be brave and find the man of your dreams and marry him for real. Brandy Norwood