Wednesday, August 12, 2009

On dreams

"Dreams, if they're any good, are always a little bit crazy. "

Ray Charles

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!"

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit."

Wilma Rudolph

"Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced."

Swami Vivekananda

"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them."

Henry David Thoreau

"It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture. It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin."

Benjamin Elijah Mays

"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."

Anaïs Nin

"Nothing happens unless first we dream."

Carl Sandburg

"People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of."

Paulo Coelho

"In my dreams, I never have an age."

Madeleine L'Engle

"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

"It's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you."

Million Dollar Baby

1 comment:

  1. "It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.

    Oh yes - imagine not having a dream to pursue. I can't imagine ever being in that situation.

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