Top 90 Dream Quotes

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Do you have a dream? Do you want to accomplish something with your life. Check out the top 90 dream quotes to help inspire you.

#90 – 80. Dream Quotes

90. “Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” —Simone de Beauvoir

89. Dreams say what they mean, but they don’t say it in daytime language. Gail Godwin

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

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

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

85. Without dreams, there can be no courage. And without courage, there can be no action. Wim Wenders

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

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

82. “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” —Theodore Roosevelt

81. A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. John Lennon

80. Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream. Lao Tzu

#79 – 70. Dream Quotes

79. “Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.” —W. Clement Stone

78. “Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.” – John Updike

77. All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. Walt Disney

76. That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man, even if during his waking state he may know nothing about it…. We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourself. Paracelsus

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

74. Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. Langston Hughes

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

72. “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

71. “20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

70. Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true. Napoleon Hill

#69 – 60. Dream Quotes

69. “Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.” —George Whitefield

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

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

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

65. 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

64. “Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” – Stephen King

63. “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

62. “One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.” —Michael Korda

61. 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. Anais Nin

60. Dreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions. Edgar Cayce

#59 – 50. Dream Quotes

59. Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives. William Dement

58. Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power, which if it were available in waking, would make every man a Dante or Shakespeare. H.F. Hedge

57. “We aim above the mark to hit the mark.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

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

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

53. Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born. Dale Turner

52. “A year from now you may wish you had started today.” – Karen Lamb

51. “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

50. ”Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.” – Richard Branson

#49 – 40. Dream Quotes

49. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” —Sam Levenson

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

47. Yes: I am a dreamer. For 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

46. “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

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

44. “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

43. It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. J.K. Rowling

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

41. “Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

40. “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 their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.” – T.E. Lawrence

#39 – 30. Dream Quotes

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

38. “Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.” – Bertrand Russell

37. “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

36. “Why should you continue going after your dreams? Because seeing the look on the faces of the people who said you couldn’t… will be priceless.” —Kevin Ngo

35. It may be that those who do most, dream most. Stephen Butler Leacock

34. “Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.” – Langston Hughes

33. “The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.” – Ben Stein

32. “If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” – Jim Rohn

31. “Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost legendary. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Perseverance and determination alone are omnipotent.” – Calvin Coolidge

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

#29 – 20. Dream Quotes

29. “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” – Lao Tzu

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

27. “Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” —Harriet Beecher Stow

26. “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

25. Dreams are illustrations… from the book your soul is writing about you. Marsha Norman

24. “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” —Norman Vincent Peale

23. “To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.” – Soren Kierkegaard

22. “Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.” —Pauline Kael

21. 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

20. Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men. Goethe

#19 – 10. Dream Quotes

19. When you stop having dreams and ideals — well, you might as well stop altogether. Marian Anderson

18. Dreams are excursions into the limbo of things, a semi-deliverance from the human prison. Henri Amiel

17. “Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.” —George Herbert

16. “If one advances confidently in the direction of one’s dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” – Henry David Thoreau

15. Follow your dreams, they know the way. Kobe Yamada

14. “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” – Earl Nightingale

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

12. “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill

11. A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. Colin Powell

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

#9 – 1. Dream Quotes

9. “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

8. When you have a dream that you can’t let go of, trust your instincts and pursue it. But remember: Real dreams take work, They take patience, and sometimes they require you to dig down very deep. Be sure you’re willing to do that. Harvey Mackay

7. “The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance – and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.” – Oprah Winfrey

6. “There will be obstacles, There will be doubters, There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.” —Michael Phelps

5. Nothing happens unless first we dream. Carl Sandburg

4. “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

3. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” —Walt Disney

2. “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

1.“You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.” —Babe Ruth

Ideas for the top 90 dream quotes comes from the following sources.^[1]Wise Old Sayings – Dreams Sayings and Quotes^[2]Success – 17 Motivational Quotes to Help You Achieve Your Dreams^[3]The Positivity Blog – 55 Inspiring Quotes on Dreams and on Making Them Real