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21 quotes about dreams and why they matter

07/24/2024 by

Today I have some inspirational quotes about dreams for you, dear reader.

Dreams are so important, wouldn’t you agree?

Those dreams we have, particularly when we’re young, about what we could be as individuals and what our lives could be too.

Dreams are undervalued:

How many young people are discouraged from pursuing their dreams?

Maybe you’ve had this experience. You go to your careers officer in High School and explain that your ambition is to be an actor, a football player, a photographer or whatever. They listen politely and then they tell you to be more realistic.

The received wisdom is always like “Oh, football is a tough profession; you might not make it. Have you thought about becoming an electrician?”

For football, you can substitute music, acting, theatre, writing or any number of jobs people dream about building their lives around.

In short, youthful dreams are undervalued and often crushed before they can even see the light of day. How sad is that?

It’s true, you might not make it, of course, but it’s better to try and fail than to spend the rest of your life wondering what might have been.

Dreams matter:

The beauty of being young is that for most people, you have plenty of time to try things, make a few mistakes and learn from your experiences until eventually, you find that thing that works for you and where you can make a difference.

You only get one life, so you have to live it on your terms.

We all need a vision of what our own lives could be and then we have to live life with passion and enthusiasm in pursuit of our dreams, making the most of every minute.

Life is short:

Life is short, so you cannot afford to live your life based on someone else’s idea of what will work for you.

You must identify what it is you want in life and then you have to go out there and get it if you can. And you have to keep on trying and refining your approach as you go.

Never let other people discourage you. And never accept an answer unless it’s the one you want.

Remember this; always trust your instincts.

If you feel you can do it then have a go. It doesn’t matter whether other people think you can do it, as long as you believe you can do it.

Of course, the converse applies as well. If it feels wrong to you then that’s probably true too.

So, here are 21 inspirational quotes about dreams to help you think about today’s underlying message.

Quotes about dreams (1-11):

  1. Nothing happens unless first, we dream. ~Carl Sandburg
  2. Do all you can to make your dreams come true. ~Joel Osteen
  3. Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today. ~James Dean
  4. Dreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions. ~Edgar Cayce
  5. You have to dream before your dreams can come true. ~APJ Abdul Kalam
  6. The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. ~Paul Valery
  7. All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. ~Walt Disney
  8. Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages. ~Terry Pratchett
  9. Dream and give yourself permission to envision a ‘you’ that you choose to be. ~Joy Page
  10. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
  11. A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. ~Yoko Ono

Quotes about dreams (12-21):

  1. Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. ~Langston Hughes
  2. A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~Colin Powell
  3. To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream; not only plan but also believe. ~Anatole France
  4. I’m sick of following my dreams. I’m just going to ask them where they’re going and hook up with them later. ~Mitch Hedberg
  5. We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort. ~Jesse Owens
  6. Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe. ~Gail Devers
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. ~Henry David Thoreau
  10. All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. ~T.E. Lawrence

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