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“Dreams come true if you fight hard enough for them.”
Zephanie Dimaranan (born 2003) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Zephanie on her toughest competitor for ‘Idol PH’ crown: Myself Inquirer.Net, 31 July 2019.
“Men are never alone because that which, acknowledged or unacknowledged, dreams through them is always by their side.”
Laurens van der Post (1906–1996) first seen 1975 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jung and the Story of Our Time (New York: Pantheon Books, 1975) pt. 1
“I started football as a young girl with big dreams and I’m proud of how far it has taken me”
Rita Chikwelu (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The greatest gift is having someone who builds their dreams while lifting you higher than you ever imagined. Cheers”
Sofia Andres (born 1998) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sofia Andres on building life and business with Daniel Miranda: ‘Through the years, you’ve changed me in the best ways’, Nikka Sabio, Push Team, 13 September 2025.
“This is not the centre-right of my dreams. And the Prime Minister is not De Gasperi. I have said these things, I have written them, and I have translated them into my party's politics as best I could and as I felt I should. I stand by it. At worst, I'll go home. But I won't go to the left.”
Marco Follini (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“While early industry and railroad construction were often locally financed, banking became national and international and global financial markets now have more influence on the shape of local industry and the allocation of resources than do the dreams and plans of local businesspeople and residents.”
James O'Connor (academic) first seen 1080 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Capitalism Nature Socialism (p. 43) https://doi.org/10.1080/10455759509358628
“We don't sell cars; we sell dreams.”
Luca di Montezemolo (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I refuse to look at it that way. Perhaps she was just luckier that day. But I feel a bit disappointed that I didn’t win Miss Talent. Almost all the girls in the pageant and the viewers thought I would win since I did beatboxing, which was unusual for beauty queens to do in the talent portion. I’ve always been musically inclined. In fact, one of my dreams is to become a singer.”
Queenierich Rehman (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some people escape in dreams but I was fortunate enough to live in a perfect dreamland that actually existed. I was always happier pulling on my boots in the morning then putting on my shoes.”
Alfred Wainwright (1907–1991) said by 1991 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Seems I've got to have a change of scene 'Cause every night I have the strangest dreams. Imprisoned by the way it could have been, Left here on my own or so it seems. I've got to leave before I start to scream, But someone's locked the door and took the key. You feelin' alright? I'm not feelin' too good myself. Well, you feelin' alright? I'm not feelin' too good myself.”
Dave Mason (1946–2026) first seen 1968 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Feelin' Alright", Traffic (1968)
“We’re certainly willing to share our dreams and struggles. We’ll freely share what ought to be shared. But I feel we learned last year that some things are meant to be private and protected.”
Jhoanna (born 2004) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: BINI Jhoanna: Some things are meant to be private and protected, Anna Cerezo, ABS-CBN News 15 Feruary 2026
“I felt like I was bestowed a golden opportunity to materialise my dreams when I was appointed as a teacher in Markaz. I had determined that religious scholars needed to be cognizant of the changes in the world and they should tap the potential of various knowledge.”
Hakeem Faizy Adrisseri first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Abdul Hakeem Faizy Adrisseri: The first Indian to join the governing body of League of Islamic Universities", TwoCircles.net, 26 January 2018.
“I wash the ghosts out of my head, those moths, my moments; the girl-memories, the tides, the teeth, the dreams are all undone. Now I shall wash my hands and go to bed.”
Richmond Lattimore (1906–1984) first seen 1968 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Notes from the Odyssey: Odysseus", in The Hudson Review, vol. 21, no. 1 (Spring 1968), p. 91
“Everything is blue: his pills, his hands, his jeans And now I'm covered in the colors, pulled apart at the seams And it's blue And it's blue Everything is gray: his hair, his smoke, his dreams And now he's so devoid of color, he don't know what it means And he's blue And he's blue”
Halsey (singer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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 (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No matter your dating history, the gentle wisdom of the chengyu, handed down through generations, can help you find and nurture the relationship of your dreams.”
Cassindy Chao first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ancient Wisdom Modern Love, Introduction, p. 8 (Stone Monkey Publishing, 2024)
“I like poets and writers who stimulate my dreams, these are the true masters of the soul. (to Clemencia Miró)”
Teresa de la Parra (1889–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I will not tell my wife to leave music to be a housewife because at the end of the day, life is about fulfilment and that can only happen when dreams are achieved. If your spouse is not fulfilled, she will not be happy and that can be a problem in your marriage.”
Eben (singer) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Punch Newspapers (7 April 2019)
“He was doubtless being naïve, but poets have to believe in their dreams. (Chapter 6)”
Dina Salústio (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“She marvelled at the power of dreams, the way they were only really there if you gave them shape. (Chapter 16)”
Dina Salústio (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I just didn’t want to be labeled as just an actor alone. I have so many unfulfilled dreams and I decided that I would outlive them.”
“Light heart, light foot, light food, and slumber light, These lights shall light us to old Age's gate, While monarchs, whom rebellious dreams affright, Heavy with fear, death's fearful summons wait.”
Edward Hovell-Thurlow, 2nd Baron Thurlow (1781–1829) said by 1829 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So my fellow Akwaibomites, as we celebrate Easter, let us remain hopeful that the future looks great, our collective dreams for prosperity across all layers of the society is realizable.”
“I extend my heartfelt gratitude to you, my dear people, for the understanding you have displayed, the prayers you have offered, and the unwavering faith you continue to place in our capacity to work and expand opportunities for growth, aiming to realize our shared dreams and aspirations.”
“Bear in mind that we need to take control of our lives and make good decisions. Life has no ‘rewind’ button, ‘reverse gear’ or ‘delete’ button. But life always gives us a second or even a third chance. Use them well and in 2025 let us fulfill our personal dreams, strengthen our families, our communities and our country.”
Wavel Ramkalawan (born 1961) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wavel Ramkalawan(2024) cited in ""Message of the President of the Republic of Seychelles, Mr Wavel Ramkalawan on the occasion of New Year 2025"on State House,31 December 2024.
“Go for it, but then I have been enormously lucky. The point is not to be afraid of pursuing your dreams. They are all we really have; they are who we are. Life is pointless otherwise.”
Adewale Maja-Pearce (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That means the only thing that stands between you and the attainment of your dreams is hard work. Only hard work differentiates people in our society now”
Fatima Chohan wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You are the only one standing in the way of achieving your dreams... This is the age at which you set the foundation for the rest of your life.”
Fatima Chohan wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I had dreams and aspirations as a young girl and I had my career ahead of me though I got into marriage at a very young age.”
Mbong Amata (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You can hold onto a vision of what is yet to come, you can boost your chances at achieving your dreams and being successful.”
Udom Gabriel Emmanuel (born 1966) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/12/dont-lose-hope-udom-tells-nigerians/.While delivering a lecture on optimizing one's potential, Emmanuel urged students to develop a clear vision for their future, arguing that vision …
“As the Dakkada campaign starts, the walls may not come down today, but from where the sun now stands, we will not retreat nor surrender until every wall comes tumbling down, and we step into the dreams of our forefathers.”
Udom Gabriel Emmanuel (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Being around other Nigerian writers and trading stories, talking about dreams, and seeing that some of them were going on to be published authors showed me that it was possible.”
Eloghosa Osunde wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A symptom of our national disease, not the actual problem. We can’t force or ask those who have the chance to live fuller lives elsewhere to remain in a failed system, in the name of patriotism. The brains are draining towards systems that value and nurture their dreams.”
Dare Segun Falowo wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No one will recognise themselves,' she laughs, 'but there are little things, little facts, that might sound familiar.' It's ironic that she has drawn on life so close to her childhood home, when her dreams were always about the world beyond the Brandwacht Mountains that encapsulate life in the Boland”
Anne Landsman (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If the beginnings of history are to be found in wide-apart regions of the earth at a date as remote as twenty centuries before the common era, how great must be the. distance of that childhood of the race and that early youth when the mind, still surrounded with all visions and dreams, looked forth into a landscape and beheld on every side men as trees walking!”
John Clark Ridpath (1840–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In Egypt, all dreams can come true; it needs patience, perseverance, and partnership.”
Mona Zulficar wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Do not abandon your dreams. The world is changing, and it is necessary to work on self-development, which will open doors to distinguished titles and show the ingenuity and capabilities of women.”
Radwa Helmi wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was discouraged by older people, simply because they didn’t want to leave the occupied vacuum, so they did a lot to discourage me but I am a man of vision and I stuck to my dreams and to the glory of God it’s paying off for me. At one point, I was frustrated but never gave up.”
Sesi Whingan (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We want to set the world on fire. We want freedom and justice and a chance to build for ourselves. And if we must set the world on fire, we will, like other men, die for the realization of our dreams.”
Amy Ashwood Garvey (1897–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When the glowing recital ended, I remained silent for a while... Such a deluge of dreams was overwhelming.”
Amy Ashwood Garvey (1897–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have been living in Chicago since December 2019, making all my musical dreams come true and taking care of my beautiful family, I have just bought my first American car. I am excited to be on the verge of signing my first record deal in the USA, I can’t mention it right now but it is with a major recording company here in America.”
Vincent Bones wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some men sicken, with wine and food; I starved on dreams, and found them good.”
Amy Levy (1861–1889) said by 1889 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The most important fond memories of my life have come from my dreams.”
Abubakar Girei (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wouldn’t be able to tell you the exact moment that I discovered hip-hop, because when you’re a kid, especially if you don’t know that you have dreams of doing it one day, you really get to experience music for what it is, it’s music.”
“Put in the work and the time. Believe in your dreams, trust in God and don’t forget to pray”
Bonko Khoza (born 1991) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bonko Khoza On Playing Mqhele, Following His Passion And Upcoming Projects, February 1,2022, by B Kool Media
“I was raised in a very loving, moral family who have always respected me as an individual and have supported and nurtured my dreams.”
Abigail Keats (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dreams are as important to me as waking life. We spend about half of our lives asleep so there is almost a reality that exists outside this present reality that we experience.”
Abba Makama first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Abba T. Makama, Senses of Cinema, 2019.
“Living in the now, we all have dreams and aspirations and the minute you're able to afford what you really want in life, you tend to go after it”
Daine Klate (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t plan anything. I wake up and put my dreams on paper.”
Baya Mahieddine (1931–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is my people and traditions that moved the world with song and inspired the world with freedom dreams.”
Imani Perry (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source