35 Powerful Quotes About Dreams And Making Them Come True

Dreams are keep us going when all else fails. One of the ways we can keep our dreams alive is by reading inspirational quotes. Here are 35 powerful quotes from great minds about dreams and making them a reality.

“You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?’” – George Bernard Shaw

“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.” – Ashley Smith

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis

“What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
– Arthur Ashe

“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.”
– James Dean

“Like success, failure is many things to many people. With positive mental attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, and a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order to prepare to try again.”
– W. Clement Stone

“No matter where you’re from, your dreams are valid.”
– Lupita Nyong’o

“There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.”
– Douglas H. Everett

“Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.”
– Mae Jemiso

“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
– Oscar Wilde

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”
– Samuel Beckett

“A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.”
– John Barrymore

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
– Mark Twain

“The only thing that will stop you from fulfilling your dreams is you.”
– Tom Bradley

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”
– Epicurus

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

“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

“The only thing worse than starting something and failing … is not starting something.”
– Seth Godin

“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.”
– Wayne Dyer

“Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.“
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Yesterday is but today’s memory, tomorrow is today’s dream.”
– Kahlil Gibran

“When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say, ‘Wow, that was an adventure,’ not, ‘Wow, I sure felt safe.’”
– Tom Preston-Werner

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”
– Anatole France

“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
– Paulo Coelho

“It is only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth – and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up – that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.”
– Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.”
– Christopher Reeve

“Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.”
– Nelson Mandela

“If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.”
– Les Brown

“I have had dreams, and I’ve had nightmares. I overcame the nightmares because of my dreams.”
– Jonas Salk

“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.”
– Albert Ellis

“Much of the stress that people feel doesn’t come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they started.”
– David Allen

“It may be that those who do most, dream most.”
– Stephen Butler Leacock