Quotes about dreams and aspirations

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Quotes

  1. Hold on to your dreams, Kiall. They are more important than you realise.

  2. 'Where will you go from here?' he asked.

    Chellin shrugged. 'Who knows? North again. Maybe not. I'm tired of this life, Kiall. I may head south, to Drenai land. Buy a farm, raise a family.'

    'And have raiders descend on you to steal your daughters?'

    Chellin nodded and sighed. 'Yes. Like all dreams, it doesn't bear close examination [...]'

  3. Still, what I want in my life is to be willing to be dazzled — to cast aside the weight of facts and maybe even to float a little above this difficult world.

  4. What would happen is that people like Geroge and Alyx would grow old and die chasing a dream. Although there were probably worse things to do with one’s life.

    p. 165

  5. All those large dreams by which men long live well

    Are magic-lanterned on the smoke of hell.

    p. 52

  6. The dreams of the rich, and the dreams of the poor—they never overlap, do they?See, the poor dream all their lives of getting enough to eat and looking like the rich. And what do the rich dream of?Losing weight and looking like the poor.

  7. She can be anything, Boo told me, and this is what I remember most, her freckled face so solemn, as if she knew she was the first to tell me. And so can you.

  8. Its important to have specific dreams. Dream Big. Dream without fear."

  9. Did you figure out the head fake? It's not about how to achieve your dreams. It's about how to lead your life. If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you.

  10. When you're eight or nine years old and you look at the TV set men are landing on the moon — anything is possible. And that is something we need to not lose sight of, is that the inspiration and permission to dream is immense. … It's important to have specific dreams.

  11. Remember brick walls let us show our dedication. They are there to separate us from the people who don't really want to achieve their childhood dreams.

  12. The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!