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“We should train our desires to show the way to our dreams.”
Henry S. Haskins (1875–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“May your future be limited only by your dreams!”
Christa McAuliffe (1948–1986) first seen 1986 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "New Hampshire Town Reeling From Shock, Grief" by Bob Drogin in Los Angeles Times (30 January 1986)
“Pity the Party without enough woman power - there will always be dreamers and leaders, but the dreams won't come true, nor will the leaders reach their goal, without the ready doers.”
Judy LaMarsh (1924–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Real friends are those people who will stand for you expressing yourself fully, who will go out of their way to support you to keep your word, to go the extra mile, to get out of the box, to make your dreams come true.”
Nicholas Lore (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Follow me on a journey into heaven and hell, past angels and devils, into the realm of dreams. That is where our souls go when we sleep, to meet up with our soul mate, to love without abandon, without regret. For in the morning we must return to life and all its painful illusions.”
Valya Dudycz Lupescu (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sweet sleep be with us, one and all! And if upon its stillness fall The visions of a busy brain, We'll have our pleasure o'er again, To warm the heart, to charm the sight, Gay dreams to all! good night, good night.”
Joanna Baillie (1762–1851) first seen 1836 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Phantom, song (1836); reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 201.
“Hold on to your dreams, Kiall. They are more important than you realise.”
David Gemmell (1948–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'Where will you go from here?' he asked. Chellin shrugged. 'Who knows? North again. Maybe not. I'm tired of this life, Kiall. I may head south, to Drenai land. Buy a farm, raise a family.' 'And have raiders descend on you to steal your daughters?' Chellin nodded and sighed. 'Yes. Like all dreams, it doesn't bear close examination [...]'”
David Gemmell (1948–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are full of dreams [...] We long for the unattainable. We believe in the nonsense of fables. There is no pure love; there is lust and there is need.”
David Gemmell (1948–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Pictures of politicians preen across our TV screens, pretensions plaques and posters fill our minds and magazines. Promises a burning match, igniting dreams of straw…”
Dawud Wharnsby (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The dreams of "leaving it up to the market" or of returning to a politically neutral gold standard cannot succeed because the nature of the monetary system has a profound impact on the interests of powerful groups and states. Affected groups and states will always try to intervene in the operation of the system to make it serve their interests.”
Robert Gilpin (1930–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If our dreams can last, then we could turn our time and place to gold.”
B. W. Powe (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Don’t look for other people to validate your dreams. If it feels right, just go for it.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I used to shut my eyes and let it shine redly through my lids. The sun was fantastic – it evoked dreams of explosion. Was there anything more sunlike than red blood running over cobblestones, as though light could shatter and kill? Now, in this thick darkness, I’d made myself drunk with light.”
Georges Bataille (1897–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Marcus Aurelius appoints personal character and conscience the ultimate refuge of happiness-seekers: the only place where dreams of happiness, doomed to die childless and intestate anywhere else, are not bound to be frustrated.”
Zygmunt Bauman (1925–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The age which we live in is not suited to idle complacency or to pleasant dreams of past greatness.”
Vincent Massey (1887–1967) first seen 1952 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address at the Convocation of the University of Manitoba, October 28, 1952
“One of the greatest difficulties I encounter in my research is that people want to believe that their dreams mean something, but all the research I’m doing seems to indicate just the opposite.”
Connie Willis (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What you desire is always in the past or the future, existing only in your dreams”
Siddharth Katragadda (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“First, learn enough to conquer your dreams, then keep learning.”
Siddharth Katragadda (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hey!” the people cried in their dreams. “Give us back our ghosts!” for ghosts are as much a part of a community as its plumbing or its library, for how can a community be without its memories?”
Ian McDonald (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else”
Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Optimism draws its strength from what it perceives as the underlying themes of human life rather than from the incidental if frequent and hateful discords of particular notes—from the depth and persistence of dreams compared with the sheer meaninglessness of the miscellaneous evils which may mark our daily experience.”
R. W. K. Paterson (born 1933) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In my dreams I sign chits and file papers,” Nikoros muttered. “Then I awake to sign real chits and file real papers. I imagine my grave marker will be carved as a writing desk. ‘Here lies Nikoros Via Lupa, wifeless and heirless, but gods how he could alphabetize!’”
Scott Lynch (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Night comes down and finds you alone In a space and time of your own, Lost in dreams in a world full of shadows.Down the street the neon light shines, Offering refuge and hope to the blind, Who stumble in with no thought of tomorrow.Yes I get lonely when the sun gets low, And I end up looking for some winner goal. Yes I should know better but I can't say no.”
Gerry Rafferty (1947–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Never underestimate the value of a falsehood, friends. Never doubt the power of a lie. Blessed are the mendacious, for they shall grow wealthy beyond their wildest dreams.”
James K. Morrow (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When the people have to leave a place, their dreams leave first.”
Robert Sheckley (1928–2005) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Visions of the Green Moon (published in Peter Crowther (ed.), Moon Shots (1999)), p. 201
“A big desire is not enough to meet the expectations of lost dreams.”
Dejan Stojanovic (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dreams are our only geography—our native land.”
Dejan Stojanovic (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The social conditions that nourished and made use of this ideology can still revive; perhaps - who knows? - the virus is dormant, waiting for the next opportunity. Dreams about the perfect society belong to the enduring stock of civilization.”
Leszek Kołakowski (1927–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you only knew the dreams in that little boy's head all those years ago. You don't know how lucky I am. I will never retire because even if they retire me, I'll find something else to do.”
Jimmy Magee (1935–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After spending an adult life of unfulfilled dreams and promises, a man has to prove something to himself. Maybe I’m trying to sum it all up to convince myself that everything I’ve been doing makes sense. I guess, I just want to get it all off my chest before I close up the books.”
John B. Anderson (1922–2017) first seen 1979 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in “Anderson Climbs Uphill Toting Heavyweight Issues” by Dan Balz, in The Washington Post (17 November 1979)
“The actions that move the world have been prompted and inspired by dreams and visions. The search for the philosopher's stone laid the foundations of modern chemistry; modern travel and geography owe their chief advances to the search for the fabled realm of Cathay.”
Walter Raleigh (professor) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Speak your dreams, no one climbs a mountain accidentally.”
Kent Thiry (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Prometheus... found the human race in a pitiable condition. They saw, he says, but they really saw not: they heard, but they understood not: they were like the phantoms of our dreams, and their labour was useless and unprofitable.”
George Long (scholar) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The marketing people don't care about the elegance and perfection that impresses the engineers' peers. They think engineers are impractical cuckoos who would just as soon bankrupt the company by pursuing perfectionist pipe dreams.”
Howard S. Becker (1928–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every time I open a child's head and see a brain, I marvel at the mystery: This is what makes every one of us who we are. This is what hold all our memories, all our thoughts, all our dreams. This is what makes us different from each other in millions of ways.”
Ben Carson (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The search for meaning is not limited to science: it is constant and continuous--all of us engage in it during all our waking hours the search continues even in our dreams. There are many ways of finding meaning, and there are no absolute boundaries separating them.”
Ervin László (1932–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the Harafish, dreams are carried on the shoulders of ordinary people.”
Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The foolish thing was trying to solve the problem all by myself. But the deeper I get tangled up in this mass of dreams and memories the more I realize that emotional problems can't be solved as intellectual problems are.”
Daniel Keyes (1927–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To give a valid Islamic content, as well as a creative, positive direction to the people's dreams and desires; to prepare them not only politically (in the conventional context of this word) but also spiritually and ideologically for the great goal of Pakistan: this is the supreme task awaiting our leaders.”
Muhammad Asad (1900–1992) said by 1992 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I lead a simple life now, I am foolish, an old man in love, a dreamer who dreams of nothing but reading to Allie and holding her whenever I can. I am a sinner with many faults and a man who believes in magic, but I am too old to change and too old to care.”
Nicholas Sparks (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dreams are funny like that. You want something so desperately, you somehow get it, then just as suddenly it's over. Like running races--all that training for a couple of minutes on the track. The secret, I've learned, is to appreciate the process.”
Nicholas Sparks (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We'd been raised to survive, to meet challenges, and to chase our dreams. … And we don't only love each other, but like each other as well.”
Nicholas Sparks (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Students’ role doesn’t end in the classroom. Student-led movements have always been a part in changing history and fulfilling peoples’ dreams of achieving freedom and dignity [interview after her speech]”
Tawakkol Karman (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm down here in Mexico, sick as a dog. My head is poundin' in this border town fog. Down to my last dime and comin' apart at the seams. I've messed up in Mexico, livin' on refried dreams.”
Tim McGraw (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm gonna live where the green grass grows, watch my corn pop up in rows. Every night, be tucked in close to you. Raise our kids where the good Lord's blessed. Point our rocking chairs towards the west. Plan our dreams where the peaceful river flows. Where the green grass grows.”
Tim McGraw (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hold the door, say please, say thank you. Don't steal, don't cheat, and don't lie. I know you got mountains to climb, but always stay humble and kind. When the dreams you're dreamin' come to you. When the work you put in is realized. Let yourself feel the pride, but always stay humble and kind.”
Tim McGraw (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A Sense of oneness, a sense of indianess requires to be created among our youth to halt the mad rush towards an imported five star video culture. We believe that through dedication and perseverance we will realize national unity and create a new India of our dreams. In Delhi, I gave you a slogan: ”Unite and win, today we are achieving unity, tomorrow we will achieve victory", Vandematram.”
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Indore, 6 - 8 January 1984
“I never exert pressure on my children: I encourage the children, Katija and Rahima, to pursue their dreams. Rahima is embarrassed by autograph-seekers and doesn't want me to visit her school. In fact, I have never attended a single PTA meeting or gone to pick up the report cards of my children.”
A. R. Rahman (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source