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“My own career in law and politics owes so much to the U.S., which gave me the honor of becoming the first black Briton to study at Harvard Law School. The land of the free has overwhelmingly been a force for progress around the world. When Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of his dreams for emancipation in the 1950s and 1960s, he empowered black people far beyond America’s 50 states.”
David Lammy (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mr. Sam was our father. He knew about our dreams and ambitions.”
Athol Fugard (1932–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“At a pivotal time in my life, Barack Obama gave me hope that a boy who grew up like me could still achieve the most important of my dreams. For that, I'll miss him, and the example he set.”
J.D. Vance (born 1984) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Opinion: "Barack Obama and Me", The New York Times (January 2, 2017)
“To be clear, I won the election...a lot of hopes and dreams of Thais all around the world...didn't translate into governance here in Thailand.”
Pita Limjaroenrat (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In Kabul, dreams became tiny fragments, floating in the dust-filled air.”
Yasmina Khadra (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Swallows of Kabul soared above the rooftops, their wings carrying them to a place where dreams were allowed to exist.”
Yasmina Khadra (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In Kabul, dreams were dangerous, for they gave us something to lose.”
Yasmina Khadra (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The night is an ocean, with stars as its waves, and the day is a shore where dreams come to life.”
Yasmina Khadra (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dreams Are Where It All Begins.”
José Eduardo Agualusa (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wastemen are aptly called so because they waste our time. Waste our energy. On purpose. They sell us dreams and then take them away, so we end up chasing them as if it was ever a reality.”
Bolu Babalola (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“An artist has only his dreams. He has no power.”
Femi Osofisan (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mogadishu the beautiful - your white-turbaned mosques, baskets of anchovies as bright as mercury, jazz and shuffling feet, bird-boned servant girls with slow smiles, the blind white of your homes against the sapphire blue of the ocean - you are missed, her dreams seem to say.”
Nadifa Mohamed (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No matter how tough the challenge may seem, never give up on your dreams.”
Shina Peller (born 1974) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Keep Hope Alive, Shina Peller Tells Physically-challenged Nigerians. 21 May 2024, ThisDay Newspaper.
“One thing that is certain is that all dreams, grand or modest, need believers.”
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim (born 1979) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Acceptance speech after winning the 2016 Nigeria Prize for Literature
“We do not wish, nor are we able, to break the link between ourselves and our forefathers. To the degree that we establish our future life upon our past and present we shall avoid most of the dangers caused by excesses and miscalculations deriving from illusions and dreams.”
Taha Hussein (1889–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“She’d collected the dreams like bright beads on a string of nights that wound around her each day, every day until this one. (p173)”
Cherie Dimaline (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tomorrow night, if I come back, there’ll be kisses. Lovely ones, Frank. Not drunken kisses. Kisses with dreams in them. Kisses that come from life, not death.""It's a date.”
James M. Cain (1892–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After each of our encounters filled with love and pain, she would tell me: "Your story must dwell, vigilant, under your skin, at the tips of your hair. Each piece that you add to it grows roots and stars for your dreams." (p20)”
Évelyne Trouillot (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In my dreams sometimes I am back in Iran. Even in the 21st century, they still have the “morality police”, who will come to me if my headscarf is not worn properly. I wake up from my nightmares and think: “Oh, I am safe.” But I carry a heavy load because I am not free until those people are free.”
Darya Safai (born 1975) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The women forced out of Iran: ‘Every act of resistance is a spark of hope’" in The Guardian (18 March 2023)
“My destiny is built on the bones with fear my weakness raised on the book of hesitation Have I erected a monument here? here is the fatigue of the sin of bare crags – as The Laureate of Many Sunrises I am a dreams operator”
Maksymilian Tchoń first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Source: pol. Laureat wielu wschodów słońca (Eng. The Laureate of Many Sunrises ), from Pol. tragarz nadziei, (Eng. hope carrier), Wydawnictwo Narracje, Lublin 2025, p. 18, ISBN 978-83-67843-57-7.
“Ah God, what thunders shook these crags of yore, What smoke of battle rolled about this place, What strife of worlds in pregnant agony! Now all is hushed, yet here, in dreams, once more We catch the echoes, ringing back from space, Of God’s strokes forging human history.”
Frederick George Scott (1861–1944) first seen 1906 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The King's Bastion", in A Hymn of Empire and Other Poems (Toronto, 1906), p. 52
“But we, how shall we turn to little things And listen to the birds and winds and streams Made holy by their dreams, Nor feel the heart-break in the heart of things?”
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878–1962) first seen 1918 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lament", st. 2, in Hill-tracks (1918), p. 65
“So far, 18 women who had declared interest to contest various seats in the 2023 elections were at the meeting – one for Senate, three for House of Representatives and the 14 for state assembly," she said. "This is a very bold step, and we are working with them, mentoring them and helping them to achieve their dreams”
Florence Aya (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The objective now is not to renegotiate our dreams, but to emphasize the accountability of all actors through detailed discussions of goals, targets, achievements and failures. We are no longer seeking promises, but are demanding action.”
Farkhonda Hassan (1930–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Don’t focus so much on the property that your children will bequeath or inherit; instead, offer them proper guidance, and mentorship to realize their own greater dreams,”
Rose Namayanja (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Growing up in a family where we were always encouraged to pursue our dreams made it safe for me to express mine.”
Lizz Njagah wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We will encourage and motivate the private sector to create opportunities for young people to earn a decent living and achieve their dreams. We must protect The Gambia for our children and future generations, and open doors to development.”
Isatou Touray (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is difficult for a person who looks like me to get a loan in the South African economy. It’s difficult to get a loan and start a business as an African child without any form of assistance. There are so many brilliant dreams and ideas that black young people have but there’s no financing for them.”
Thembi Simelane wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Here I want to emphasize that one of the most beautiful things of our Anti-Fascist War has been the friendship and brotherly love between illegal and partisan youth, our extraordinary, pure and noble bond as fighters for the liberation of the homeland and for the dreams of life cloud.”
Liri Belishova (1923–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My office is committed to ensuring that girls acquire education to enable them to achieve their dreams in life.”
Joyce Osogo wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I was a small child I longed one day to become so famous that I did not have to hide how odd I was—how unlike other people. Few people really held my attention. It was birds and mammals, reptiles and insects that filled my dreams and eternally whetted my curiosity.”
Frances Hamerstrom (1907–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Just follow your dreams. Get the knowledge, have the motivation, and then you can get anywhere you set your mind to.”
Hadiza Shehu Galadanci wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You need to get the support, you need to do it of course and ultimately God will support you and give you all the blessings you need and you can achieve your dreams and goals.”
Hadiza Shehu Galadanci wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Making a career in science in Africa is no longer a utopia. Believe in your dreams! But remember that there is no such thing as chance. Success does not fall from the sky.”
Zara Randriamanakoto (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In future, nothing should be impossible. I long to build a center for optics and photonics for African research scientists in Tunisia, just like the Trieste center. But I also have wilder dreams – of using science to control the climate, to create rain, make deserts fertile, and to get drinking water cheaply from sea water.”
Zohra ben Lakhdar (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“She would disappear folded like origami into her own dreams.”
Lauren Beukes (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Won’t you join me on the perennial quest Reaching into the dark, retrieving light Search for answers on the perennial quest Where dreams are followed, and time is a test”
Chuck Schuldiner (1967–2001) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Perennial Quest," (1995) as quoted by Dan Franklin of
“Follow your dreams and the rest will follow. Being a social entrepreneur is often a journey of hills and valleys, and very fulfilling if you always keep your goals in sight.”
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“.. the way I work ... I'm really seized by the scruff of the neck each time. ... Something pounces. It's absolutely irresistible and often will pounce at three in the morning ... or at six in the morning ... And I will get up and start writing. ... I really count on novelty and synchronicity and dreams to direct me and to kind of release the energy.”
Rikki Ducornet (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What further wishes and desires / do you seek from life Have you been offered / to see all your dreams come true And the mighty hands were / willing to satisfy you But you love to suffer / like the pious’ love for adhān.”
Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri (1899–1997) first seen 1353 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From the poem "Fī al-Sijn", lines 1– 4, as quoted in Khaleel, A.F. (2016). Suffering and Techniques of Poetic Resistance: Mohammed Mahdi al-Jawahiri's "In Jail" and W. H. Auden's "Musée des Beaux Arts". Journal of Liter…
“You can’t resist her, she’s in your bones [...] And so it seems, only in dreams”
Rivers Cuomo (born 1970) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Only in Dreams” (1994) as quoted by Matt Mitchell of
“My dreams are endless. But the most important.. that my people be at peace, rich in knowledge.”
Dimash Qudaibergen (born 1994) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kazakhstan TV interview 2019
“A dirge for the brave old pioneer! Knight-errant of the wood! Calmly beneath the green sod here He rests from field and flood The war-whoop and the panther's screams No more his soul shall rouse, For well the aged hunter dreams Beside his good old spouse.”
Theodore O'Hara (1820–1867) first seen 1850 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Old Pioneer" (December, 1850), st. 1
“Life is strangely suspicious and impatient of youth and candour and innocence and naïveté. Hardly does it perceive these exquisite qualities to exist than it rubs away their bloom with a rough finger. How often one longs for an arrested progress — for a little girl to go on being a little girl a little longer; for the perpetual kitten of our dreams! But no; the Creator is not that kind of artist.”
E. V. Lucas (1868–1938) said by 1938 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I bade farewell to the May stars, and did one of the most adventurous things left to us — I went to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams. All the authors of the world cannot spoil those.”
E. V. Lucas (1868–1938) said by 1938 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Men grow cold as girls grow old And we all lose our dreams in the end, But square-cut or pear-shaped, These rocks don't lose their shape: Diamonds are a girl's best friend.”
Leo Robin (1900–1984) first seen 1949 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend", Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949); as quoted in Lawrence Langner, The Importance of Wearing Clothes (1959), p. 315. Variants: 'charms' for 'dreams'
“It is the handles that open the doors of my environments to dreams.”
Piero Portaluppi (1888–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Because “dreams” are supposedly uncanny and impossible. My piece Tortoise and the birds opens the conversation about experiencing cultural amnesia which colonized peoples often experience. It also highlights hindrances that result from loss of cultural queues and history.”
Ekene Emeka Maduka (born 1996) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ekene Emeka Maduka Friezes Truth and History in Her Paintings". The Art Gorgeous. July 4, 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
“In pursuit of her dreams, she had to juggle wedlock, motherhood, the justice system, helping the needy and the world’s disadvantaged.”
Fati Lami Abubakar (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The spark within her soul shines brilliantly today as it did in her youth. It was the lure that ensnared and kept on the leash of love that has blossomed and glowed between her and elder statesman Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar. Spurred by innate zeal and resolve, Justice Abubakar found the wherewithal to turn her gaze finally outward even as she summoned strength from within to achieve her dreams.”
Fati Lami Abubakar (born 1951) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dele Agekameh.April 27, 2016 by The Nation .Fati Abubakar: A life of service retrieved Thursday, March 20, 2025