Top 100 Great Dream Quotes
#1. To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence.
Cesar Chavez
#2. The notion of this universe, its heavens, hells, and everything within it, as a great dream dreamed by a single being in which all the dream characters are dreaming too, has in India enchanted and shaped the entire civilization.
Joseph Campbell
#3. God promised you to give you dreams and visions, see Him as your great dream/vision giver.
Euginia Herlihy
#4. It is one great dream dreamed by a single Being, but in such a way that all the
dream characters dream too.
Arthur Schopenhauer
#5. Having grown up on 'Star Trek,' I've had one great dream since childhood, and that is to see my life end somewhere other than here on Earth.
Thomas P.M. Barnett
#6. Thou Shalt Dream a Great Dream, or Show Forth a Wondrous New Thing, or Share Something Thou Hast Never Shared Before.
Jeremy Donovan
#7. I have clung To nothing, lov'd a nothing, nothing seen Or felt but a great dream!
John Keats
#8. What separates a great dream chaser from a good one is the volume of value that is given.
Bidemi Mark-Mordi
#9. Nothing much happens without a dream. For something really great to happen, it takes a really great dream.
Robert K. Greenleaf
#10. During our dreams we do not know we are dreaming. We may even dream of interpreting a dream. Only on waking do we know it was a dream. Only after the great awakening will we realize that this is the great dream.
Zhuangzi
#11. A Warrior knows that a great dream is made up of many different things, just as the light from the sun is the sum of its millions of rays.
Paulo Coelho
#12. It's realizing that a great dream is not as good as a great memory. The dream can be had by anyone. The memory - must be made.
Eric Thomas
#13. It wasn't that I had any great dream of being an architect. I just wanted to make things. Whether it was furniture, painting, interior design, or architecture. I just wanted to create something.
Tadao Ando
#14. People no longer need enemies--in this millennium their great dream is to become victims. Only their psychopathies can set them free...
J.G. Ballard
#15. You know what it's like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know that if you don't have a pencil and pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning. Sometimes it's important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it.
Larry Page
#16. 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
#17. What are you, a door mouse?!" Cloudtail mewed impatiently, prodding Lionblaze. Lionblaze looked up at the white warrior looking down at him, "Aww did you have to do that?! I was having a really great dream!"
"And now you can go on a really great water patrol!" Cloudtail grumbled.
Erin Hunter
#18. Be a man: accept the challenge of the unknown, of the beyond. Let it become a great dream in your being.
Osho
#19. The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land.
Arthur Erickson
#20. Not much happens without a dream. And for something great to happen, there must be a great dream. Behind every great achievement is a dreamer of great dreams. Much more than a dreamer is required to bring it to reality; but the dream must be there first.
Robert K. Greenleaf
#21. Every man's task [his 'great dream' and impassioned life-goal] is his life preserver.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#22. In the absence of a great dream pettiness prevails. Shred visions foster risk taking, courage and innovation. Keeping the end in mind creates the confidence to make decisions even in moments of crisis.
Peter Senge
#23. Great dream or idea comes up when you are thinking of something other than yourself.
Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
#24. We have a great dream. It started way back in 1776, and God grant that America will be true to her dream.
Martin Luther King Jr.
#25. In the presence of greatness, pettiness disappears. In the absence of a great dream, pettiness prevails.
Peter M. Senge
#26. If you want to achieve great things, you need to have a great dream.
John C. Maxwell
#27. Once you empower people and say,' Here you are, now you get to dream the great dream of becoming a full citizen with equal rights and radical improvement in your living situation,' you are creating an illusion which will break one day.
Pankaj Mishra
#28. Here I was, on the cusp of my own great dream, my own impossible truth, and this gluttonous man was crowding it with his improbable vision. There wasn't enough magic in the universe for both of us. Worse, Garth's mad theory put mine in an altogether new light. Was I as crazy as his fat ass?
Mat Johnson
#30. To make a great dream come true, you must first have a great dream.
Hans Selye
#31. Alarm clocks were going off in the city now. One after another, sometimes two or three together, they drove their small silver knives into the body of the great dream that sprawled naked on the housetops. Sensual, amiable, and defenseless as it was, it would still take a little while to die.
Peter S. Beagle
#32. Work alone isn't enough for me and mine; we know how to break our backs, but the great dream Of my fathers was to be good at doing nothing.
Cesare Pavese
#33. To have a great dream is a choice. To make it a reality depends on great habits.
Debasish Mridha
#34. We need to give everybody a chance, treat everybody with respect, and let them share in this great American dream that we have.
John Kasich
#35. I sail with you on the ocean of my dreams
to a far away distant Place of great beauty and tranquility.
where suffering and pain do not exist,
where we give praises for our joy and happiness,
where our Love interwines with Love for all things.
Rumi
#36. I am the luckiest guy in the world. All my
dreams came true. I was in a wonderful business,
and I met great people all over the world.
Van Johnson
#37. Dreams are rudiments
Of the great state to come. We dream what is
About to happen.
Philip James Bailey
#39. I believe in America because we have great dreams, and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true.
Wendell Willkie
#40. Dare to dream of your great success. Become intimate with those things which deeply motivate you and regularly work toward the realization of that mission.
Mary Anne Radmacher
#41. Between the dreams of night and day there is not so great a difference.
Carl Jung
#42. Just to lie here in the sun with great white peaks all around me and the biggest glacier in Europe at my feet, to eat from time to time, to sleep a little and dream a great deal- it is a heavenly existence.
George Leigh Mallory
#43. When it comes to fundraising for a social enterprise, if you are pursuing your true passion, you'll learn to become great at your craft because you'll care so much about perfecting the skills necessary to make that dream a reality.
Adam Braun
#44. It takes courage to live your dream and bounce back up when you have been knocked down. Your dreams give you the energy and inspiration to live a great life.
Justin Langer
#45. Disappointments will come, rejection will come, and failures will come in the midst of the fulfilment of your dream. Don't give up, don't give in, try to push little harder; I know it won't be easy to give that push but keep pushing my friend be persistent and you'll see great results.
Euginia Herlihy
#46. Uniqueness Leads To Great Success Some men see things as they are and say 'why?' I dream things that never were, and say, 'why not?' --George Bernard Shaw English Dramatist (1856-1950)
John Paul Carinci
#47. If you will always remember your age and forget your dream, you will live great years and narrow impacts will come out of it.
Israelmore Ayivor
#48. Because now there's time enough not to hurry, to light the lamp and open the window to the moon and take a moment to dream of a great and broken city, because when the day starts its business I'll have to stop, these are night-time tales that vanish in the sunlight like vampire dust
Jeet Thayil
#49. Broadband access is the great equalizer, leveling the playing field so that every willing and able person, no matter their station in life, has access to the information and tools necessary to achieve the American Dream.
Michael K. Powell
#50. All great people are humble because great people have great work and are humbled by the largeness of their dreams.
May Sarton
#51. I just want people to feel like they can achieve something great in their lives. We all go through rough times, but love is the antidote. You've got to dream and just believe in yourself. And if you believe, you will achieve it.
Common
#52. I promise to dream with you both great dreams and small dreams. To ask your counsel in times of uncertainty. To honor your silence when you seek to be alone. To be ever wondrous at your curiosities and revelations. And to be ever rejuvenated by your passions ...
Carew Papritz
#54. ... it nevertheless powerfully conveys the Arcadian dream of a great, cross- cultural brotherhood of buttsex, a pioneer porntopia where sodomy reigns supreme and there is no poison oak.
Simon Sheppard
#55. Lillian's recurrent dream of a ship that could not reach the water, that sailed laboriously, pushed by her with great effort, through city streets, had determined her course toward the sea, as if she would give this ship, once and for all, its proper sea bed.
Anais Nin
#57. Sea-foam
And coral! Oh, I'll
Climb the great pasture rocks
And dream me mermaid in the sun's
Gold flood.
Adelaide Crapsey
#58. I am living my dream because I get to work with my kids and watch them find their happiness. It's so rewarding - we brainstorm around a conference table and have a really great time doing it.
Kris Jenner
#59. The great European dream was to diminish militant nationalism. We would all be happy Europeans together. But we are going to see the old monster of militant nationalism being awoken when people realise how little control their politicians have.
Antony Beevor
#60. Have you ever wondered why young people take to music like fish to water? Maybe it's because music is fun. Plan and simple. It opens up their minds to dream great dreams about where they can go and what they can do when they get older.
Isaac Hayes
#61. Heine commenting on the music of Louis Hector Berlioz: He is an immense nightingale, a lark as great as an eagle ... The music causes me to dream of fabulous empires, filled with fabulous sins.
Hector Berlioz
#62. I've worked over four dozen nine-to-five jobs before taking the chance to chase my dream of wanting to become an actor and filmmaker. Growing up in Brooklyn and Harlem, working at jobs like the bus company were great. I had benefits, a great salary, and security. But it wasn't my dream.
Malcolm Goodwin
#63. A dream is the bearer of a new possibility, the enlarged horizon, the great hope.
Howard Thurman
#65. Every great accomplishment starts with a first step. No matter how big your goals are. No matter how great your plans are. No matter how immense your dreams are. It all begins with a single step. Take that step today!
Clifton Anderson
#66. I was inspired by the marvelous example of Giacometti, the great sculptor. He always said that his dream was to do a bust so small that it could enter a matchbook, but so heavy that no one could lift it. That's what a good book should be.
Elie Wiesel
#67. I never had the dream to be a great designer. My focus was just to do beautiful things.
Christian Louboutin
#68. It was a dream come true performing with her and just being on the same record. So in my eyes, she was the epitome of a great voice and for us to share together was awesome.
Deborah Cox
#70. It's a tremendous challenge, because there have been so many characters created over the years. Every time you think you come up with a great name, you find out somebody has already done it. Dreaming up the stories isn't that hard, but coming up with a good title is the toughest part.
Stan Lee
#71. Next time I go to a movie and see a picture of a little ordinary girl become a great star ... I'll believe it. And whenever I hear my wife read fairy tales to my little boy, I'll listen. I know now that dreams do come true.
Jackie Robinson
#72. Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.
Sojourner Truth
#73. I hear hate. I hear people who clearly don't have a great understanding of the American dream. That the American dream is based on hard work and dedication, determination, resilience, excitement, mentorship, help and love for each other.
Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
#75. Achievers are Believers in Commitments and Dreams. But, the great achievers believe in their own and others' good CHARACTER too.
Anuj
#76. Every great thing that has been accomplished, and is yet to be accomplished, starts with a dream.
Bill Courtney
#77. Good leaders ask great questions that inspire others to dream more, think more, learn more, do more, and become more.
John C. Maxwell
#78. All the great performers I have worked with are fueled by a personal dream.
John Eliot
#79. Men make opportunity. Every great industrial achievement has been the result of individual effort - the practical development of a dream in the mind of an individual.
Charles M. Schwab
#80. The man in her dream would ride up and surprise her on his horse ... saying her beauty pierced such a great place in his heart.
Kaye Gibbons
#81. Don't dream to be something but rather dream to do something great.
Narendra Modi
#82. Myths are the world's dreams. They are archetypal dreams and deal with great human problems. Myths and dreams come from the same place. They come from realizations of some kind that then have to find expression in symbolic form.
Joseph Campbell
#83. Her mind was still tiptoeing along the boundary of consciousness, in that state of semi-waking that spins threads between dream and real, and for a moment she felt herself to be a girl who has come down off a porch to confront a great darkness with a tiny light.
Laini Taylor
#84. The history of my state of Oklahoma offers a great example of pursuing the American Dream. It was built and settled by pioneers moving West to seek better lives.
Mary Fallin
#85. I'm a tough coach, but on the other side of that is me telling them to go all out, "because you're great, because I don't want you to fail, because you were born to do this and you have a dream."
Laurieann Gibson
#86. God had a plan for everything. I never knew I'd come to Iowa, but now I love Iowa. Everything is so great about it - the people, the environment, education. I'm so proud to say I'm an Iowan. I'm living the dream.
Liang Chow
#87. History shows us that the people who end up changing the world - the great political, social, scientific, technological, artistic, even sports revolutionaries - are always nuts, until they are right, and then they are geniuses.
John Eliot
#88. There is a divine grace available for you to accomplish far greater things than you could ever imagine nor dream of.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#89. You may cry out tears for misplacing your money, but you got to cry out blood if you have misplaced your dreams. Sadly, you may not even know the great deal of influence you loss when you misplace your dreams, so how will you cry for such a loss?
Israelmore Ayivor
#91. The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#92. Jesus , in some respects, was an anarchist, for he had no idea of civil government . That government seems to him purely and simply an abuse. A great social revolution, in which rank will be overturned, in which all authority in this world will be humiliated, was his dream .
Ernest Renan
#93. I've been a fool to allow dreams to become great expectations.
Tim Rice
#94. It does not matter much whom we live with in this world, but it matters a great deal whom we dream of.
Willa Cather
#95. The last of us could be the very best of us who ever roamed the earth, the great exemplars of a humanity we used to dream of becoming before we got wise to the reality that we are just a mob always in the market for new recruits.
Thomas Ligotti
#96. I bought a piano once because I had the dream of playing As Time Goes By as some girl's leaning on it drinking a martini. Great image. But none of it worked out. I can't even play Chopsticks. But I've got a nice piano at my house!
George Clooney
#97. Ah, great it is to believe the dream as we stand in youth by the starry stream; but a greater thing is to fight life through and say at the end, the dream is true!
Edwin Markham
#98. Werner, that you're from, nowhere, that you shouldn't dream big. But I believe in you. Think you'll do something great.
Anthony Doerr
#99. When I became the manager of the New York Yankees, it was an opportunity to realize my lifelong dream of winning the World Series. We were fortunate enough to succeed in our first season in 1996, and in the years that followed, we wrote some great new chapters in Yankee history.
Joe Torre
