Quotations About Dreams
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. ~ Howard Thurman
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. ...Steve Jobs.
There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls. ~ Howard Thurman
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. ~ Erma Bombeck
There are people who put their dreams in a little box and say, “Yes, I’ve got dreams, of course I’ve got dreams.” Then they put the box away and bring it out once in awhile to look in it, and yep, they’re still there. ~ Erma Bombeck
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, “I used everything you gave me.” ~ Erma Bombeck
The dream you don’t fight for will haunt you for the rest of your life. ~ from the movie Robots
Dreams are necessary to life ~ Anais Nin
Some men see things as they are and say, "Why?" I dream of things that never were and say, "Why not?" ~ George Bernard Shaw
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men. ~ Goethe
If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time. ~ Marcel Proust
No person has the right to rain on your dreams. ~Marian Wright Edelman
One must desire something to be alive. ~ Margaret Deland
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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 their dream with open eyes to make it possible. ~ T.E. Lawrence
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Great cooking is not for the faint of heart – you must be imaginative, strong-hearted. You must try things that may not work. You must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from. Your only limit is your soul. It is true that anyone can cook – only the fearless can be great. ~ from the movie Ratatouille
Those who say it cannot be done should get out of the way of those who are doing it. ~ Anonymous
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. ~ Teddy Roosevelt
If you have the God-given desire to write, then make the decision now that you'll write – strongly, passionately, with a commitment to your craft – and leave the results to Him. He will see to it that your words reach the hearts that need to hear it, whether the few or the many. There is no wasted effort in His economy . ~ James Scott Bell
Dreamers make excuses for not being writers. People who become writers have to defy the handy alibis available in every person’s life. If you are a writer and this is God’s time for you to produce, there is no such thing as an excuse that will keep you from your typewriter. Only you and/or God can shoulder the responsibility for your failure to write. ~ Ethel Herr
If you have a story, then tell it. I always believe it's not just about us. It's about the fact that someone in the world needs to hear what we have to say, and we are letting them down if we don't write it. ~ quoted in No Plot, No Problem by Chris Baty
Risk is a part of creativity. Maybe no one will embrace your idea. Maybe no one will like it. Worse, maybe everyone will love it and more will be expected of you. The possibility of success and the threat of failure both produce strangling fears that keep us from participating, but in view of God’s mercy we should offer our creativity, our very selves. ~ Alice Bass
Tell me…do you not feel a spirit stirring within you that longs to know, to do, and to dare, to hold converse with the great world of thought, and hold before you some high and noble object to which the vigor of your mind and the strength of your arm may be given? Do you not have longings like these, which you breathe to no one, and which you feel must be heeded, or you will pass through life unsatisfied and regretful? I am sure you have them, and they will forever cling round your heart till you obey their mandate. They are the voices of that nature which God has given you, and which, when obeyed, will bless you and your fellow men. ~ James A. Garfield, in a letter to a friend
“Search for the reason that bids you to write; find out whether it is spreading out its roots in the deepest places of your heart, acknowledge to yourself whether you would have to die if it were denied you to write.” — Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
Successful writers are not the ones who write the best sentences. They are the ones who keep writing. They are the ones who discover what is most important and strangest and most pleasurable in themselves, and keep believing in the value of their work, despite the difficulties. ~ Bonnie Friedman
Should we feel at times disheartened and discouraged, a simple movement of heart toward God will renew our powers. Whatever he may demand of us, he will give us at the moment the strength and courage that we need. ~ François Fénelon
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Those who want to sing will always find a song. ~ Norwegian Proverb
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. ~ Howard Thurman
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. ...Steve Jobs.
There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls. ~ Howard Thurman
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. ~ Erma Bombeck
There are people who put their dreams in a little box and say, “Yes, I’ve got dreams, of course I’ve got dreams.” Then they put the box away and bring it out once in awhile to look in it, and yep, they’re still there. ~ Erma Bombeck
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, “I used everything you gave me.” ~ Erma Bombeck
The dream you don’t fight for will haunt you for the rest of your life. ~ from the movie Robots
Dreams are necessary to life ~ Anais Nin
Some men see things as they are and say, "Why?" I dream of things that never were and say, "Why not?" ~ George Bernard Shaw
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men. ~ Goethe
If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time. ~ Marcel Proust
No person has the right to rain on your dreams. ~Marian Wright Edelman
One must desire something to be alive. ~ Margaret Deland
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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 their dream with open eyes to make it possible. ~ T.E. Lawrence
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Great cooking is not for the faint of heart – you must be imaginative, strong-hearted. You must try things that may not work. You must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from. Your only limit is your soul. It is true that anyone can cook – only the fearless can be great. ~ from the movie Ratatouille
Those who say it cannot be done should get out of the way of those who are doing it. ~ Anonymous
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. ~ Teddy Roosevelt
If you have the God-given desire to write, then make the decision now that you'll write – strongly, passionately, with a commitment to your craft – and leave the results to Him. He will see to it that your words reach the hearts that need to hear it, whether the few or the many. There is no wasted effort in His economy . ~ James Scott Bell
Dreamers make excuses for not being writers. People who become writers have to defy the handy alibis available in every person’s life. If you are a writer and this is God’s time for you to produce, there is no such thing as an excuse that will keep you from your typewriter. Only you and/or God can shoulder the responsibility for your failure to write. ~ Ethel Herr
If you have a story, then tell it. I always believe it's not just about us. It's about the fact that someone in the world needs to hear what we have to say, and we are letting them down if we don't write it. ~ quoted in No Plot, No Problem by Chris Baty
Risk is a part of creativity. Maybe no one will embrace your idea. Maybe no one will like it. Worse, maybe everyone will love it and more will be expected of you. The possibility of success and the threat of failure both produce strangling fears that keep us from participating, but in view of God’s mercy we should offer our creativity, our very selves. ~ Alice Bass
Tell me…do you not feel a spirit stirring within you that longs to know, to do, and to dare, to hold converse with the great world of thought, and hold before you some high and noble object to which the vigor of your mind and the strength of your arm may be given? Do you not have longings like these, which you breathe to no one, and which you feel must be heeded, or you will pass through life unsatisfied and regretful? I am sure you have them, and they will forever cling round your heart till you obey their mandate. They are the voices of that nature which God has given you, and which, when obeyed, will bless you and your fellow men. ~ James A. Garfield, in a letter to a friend
“Search for the reason that bids you to write; find out whether it is spreading out its roots in the deepest places of your heart, acknowledge to yourself whether you would have to die if it were denied you to write.” — Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
Successful writers are not the ones who write the best sentences. They are the ones who keep writing. They are the ones who discover what is most important and strangest and most pleasurable in themselves, and keep believing in the value of their work, despite the difficulties. ~ Bonnie Friedman
Should we feel at times disheartened and discouraged, a simple movement of heart toward God will renew our powers. Whatever he may demand of us, he will give us at the moment the strength and courage that we need. ~ François Fénelon
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Those who want to sing will always find a song. ~ Norwegian Proverb