You know what makes a person larger than life itself? Dreams! Well, dreams and heroic acts, being kind and saving stranded kittens, perhaps. But yeah, dreams are the steam engine setting in motion all the good things and driving you forever forward to becoming a better, smarter person, and just generally having a more fabulous life. And while you are at it, why dream small if you can dream fantastic stuff! And if you think that dreams and hopes should only be of reasonable measure, why not check out these Dream Big quotes that might assure you that that isn’t really the case in the world of dreams.
And you know what, we, regular people, aren’t the only ones with big expectations! As you will soon see, these inspiring quotes come from such amazing, creative, and well-known people as Tupac Shakur, Goethe, and Yoko Ono, just to name a few. And if those guys and gals had big dreams, imagine the things we could hope for and aspire to. One motivating quote at a time, and one spectacular thought after another, great things start to manifest themselves, so there’s absolutely no need to look back or scale them down. The bigger you dream, the more of it comes true. And that’s for real!
So, dreamers and believers, why don’t you go and check out our selection of the most invigorating Dream Big quotes we’ve found. They are, as always, just a bit further down. Once you are there, give these beautiful quotes your vote and share this article with those near and dear to you!
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“If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.” - Ludwig Wittgenstein
"If you dream big, believe big, and pray big. Do you know what will happen? Big Things!" - Mark Dudley
"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you." - William James
"So think, dream and talk about things that you would like and you will lead a life that others envy. Don't focus on the things you don't want; realize that those are creations, manifestations of other people and you don't have to like them." - Andreas Boskugel
“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.” - Yoko Ono
"Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful." - Malcolm Forbes
“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” - William Faulkner
“Don’t be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.” - Belva Davis
“A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.”- John Maxwell
“Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.” - Victor Hugo
"Throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain
“Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.” - Albert Einstein
“The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it.” - Kalpana Chawla
“Stop telling your big dreams to small-minded people.” - Steve Harvey
"The important thing is to dare to dream big, then take action to make it come true." - Joe Girard
"If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality." - Dr. Roopleen
"Don't let go of your dreams. If you have determination and belief in your dreams, you will succeed in spite of your desire to let go." - Catherine Pulsifer
"You see things and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?'" - George Bernard Shaw
“If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level that you say you do, there's no way around doing the work it takes to get you there.” - Joyce Chapman
"Books, to the reading child, are so much more than books they are dreams and knowledge, they are a future, and a past." - Esther Meynell
"The right people encourage you: To try harder, dream bigger, do better. They bring out the most incredible parts of yourself and make you want to fight harder than ever before." - Heidi Priebe
"But behind every big play, there's a guy who grew up dreaming of making that big play. He's got a story, and he was inspired by someone else's." - Wayne Gretzky
"Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible." - Claude Bissell
“A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch beaking, because her trust is not on the branch but on its own wings. Always believe in yourself.”
“A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. A goal is what specifically you intend to make happen. Dreams and goals should be just out of your present reach but not out of sight. Dreams and goals are coming attractions in your life.” - Joseph Campbell
“All things are created twice. There is a mental (first) creation, and a physical (second) creation. The physical creation follows the mental, just as a building follows a blueprint. If you don’t make a conscious effort to visualize who you are and what you want in life, then you empower other people and circumstances to shape you and your life by default.” - Stephen Covey
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” - Judy Garland
"Don’t hold yourself back and always know that you are capable of anything you set your mind to."
“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
“Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.” - Goethe
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
“For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.” - Leonardo da Vinci
“Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.” - Dr. Dale E. Turner
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. It may get tough, but it’s a small price to pay for living a dream.” - Peter McWilliams
“Capture your dreams and your life becomes full. You can, because you think you can.” - Nikita Koloff
“If you don’t build your dream, someone will hire you to help build theirs.” - Tony Gaskins
“If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.” - Les Brown
“Dream big – dream very big. Work hard – work very hard. And after you’ve done all you can, you stand, wait, and fully surrender.” - Oprah Winfrey
“Don't ever let someone tell you that you can't do something. You got a dream, you gotta protect it.” - Will Smith
“We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming – well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.”
"Dream big dreams! Only big dreams have the power to move your mind and spirit." - Brian Tracy
"Just dream big. Go for it. There's nothing holding you back. You can have ups and downs, but if you believe in something, keep the faith; keep fighting. And don't let people put you down." - Geraint Thomas
"Whatever you can do or dream you can begin it. Begin it now." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.” - Henry David Thoreau
“You got the eggs in you; the world is fully ready to celebrate the chicks out of your laying labor. Never give up. Go and breed! Go and breed great dreams.” - Israelmore Ayivor
“Great leaders get people to admit the truth because they know that dreams are buried under the lies they tell themselves, in order to feel okay with giving up.” - Shannon L. Alder
"Make sure that you dream big so that whatever you accomplish in your life can be meaningful." - Michael Henson
“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 E. Turner
"Have a vision: dream and dream big, create a vision bored of the things you want and the goals you have." - Raymona Brown
"Some people are born with tornadoes in their lives, but constellations in their eyes. Other people are born with stars at their feet, but their souls are lost at sea." - Nikita Gill
"I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange." - Charley Pride
"Big dreams drive us to do things we'd never do for lesser dreams in many ways they almost pull us through the obstacles we're likely to have on the way to reaching them." - Vic Johnson
"A person is the product of their dreams. So make sure to dream great dreams. And then try to live your dream." - Maya Angelou
"I had a big dream. A big goal. A major goal, but no idea how to achieve it. So I started to study." - Jacob Reimer
"You're the one that gets to decide how big your dreams are. You are in complete control of your own destiny and best of all, your own creativity." - Gerry Marrs
"We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams." - Jesse Jackson
"What if dreaming the impossible dream enough times begins to make the impossible possible?" - Debbie Dixon
"Each and every one of us are capable of achieving greatness, yet only a few of us actually tap into our talents, passions, and dreams, that would allow us to do great and mighty things, far above and beyond our wildest dreams." - Curt Hinson
"Pursuing our biggest dreams sometimes takes time. If we can't wait, or if we find something that looks more valuable to us, then we have the luxury of giving up what we're currently pursuing in favor of a new goal." - Ben Robinson
"Becoming comfortable and surviving is just a start. It's knowing that you have greater goals than survival that makes it possible to begin living the life of your dreams." - Tamara Rasheed
"Dream bigger than you think anyone else will let you. Nobody's in charge of your thoughts, just go for it."
"Make a contribution; that's one way to dare to dream big. Make a promise and then take action to fulfill your promise; that's what your life is about." - Marcia Wieder
"Think big when you set your goals. Dare to think big and then set a series of smaller goals to get you there." - Les Brown
“Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.” - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain
“All big things in this world are done by people who are naïve and have an idea that is obviously impossible.” - Frank Richards
“All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.” - William Faulkner
“All parents believe their children can do the impossible. They thought it the minute we were born, and no matter how hard we’ve tried to prove them wrong, they all think it about us now. And the really annoying thing is, they’re probably right.” - Cathy Guisewite
“Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more.” - Robert Collier
“Bravery and adventure! That’s the ticket! Don’t sit and gather moss. Get up, get out, do what you dream of doing, and if it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work, and you don’t need to made that particular mistake again, but at least you won’t get old wondering what if you had.” - Garrison Keillo
“I learned that there were two ways I could live my life: following my dreams or doing something else. Dreams aren’t a matter of chance, but a matter of choice. When I dream, I believe I am rehearsing my future.” - David Copperfield
“If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.” - Marcel Proust
"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
“All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.” - Brian Tracy
“Even if you can’t just snap your fingers and make a dream come true, you can travel in the direction of your dream, every single day and you can shorten the distance between the two of you.” - Douglas Pagels
“Ask yourself, ‘How long am I going to work to make my dreams come true?’ I suggest you answer, ‘As long as it takes.’” - Jim Rohn
“Dream big dreams! Imagine that you have no limitations and then decide what’s right before you decide what’s possible.” - Brian Tracey
“People suffer when they pursue a life or chase a dream that doesn't belong to them.” - Caroline Myss
“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure. When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” - Paulo Coelho
"I am grateful to people who push boundaries, who do things differently, and who trust in miracles, dreams, and big possibilities." - Emma Wright
"All your dreams are within reach, no matter how big or crazy they might seem." - Jeannette Maw
"Live the life of your dreams: Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others." - Roy T. Bennett
"If you want to reach the highest peak of your dream, think big. You should always remember that there is nothing wrong if you set higher goals, aims, or standards in life most especially if you know that you can do it." - Kellie Sullivan
"I do not think you should think big or try to follow your dreams if you feel really stuck; instead, find the simplest act that would bring benefit to your situation and then pursue it with single-pointed focus." - David Baker
"Have the courage to follow your dreams. It’s the first step towards attaining your destiny." - Nikita Koloff
"Passion without action achieves nothing. I fear being last than trembling with success." - Kangoma Kindembo
"When we think "Big", it becomes less important whether we succeed or fail, and more important how we approach any given situation." - Jennifer Arnold
"Think Big, think rich, think forwards, believe in yourself and always have your next ideas ready to turn into ventures for the future, be adaptable with your ideas, examine your ideas out of the box and do not put rose coloured glasses on them, really get into their bare bones." - Linda Corby
"If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything. And that's what this Olympic medal represents." - Clara Hughes
"Set out each day believing in your dreams. Know without a doubt that you were made for amazing things." - Josh Hinds
"Well, the one thing that has a huge impact on whether you pursue your dreams or not is your mind." - Benjamin Smith
"You dream big dreams and as you dream so you become. You nurture your dream. You cherish your dream. And you know that the dream you live in the inside will soon be seen by all on the outside." - Rahul Badami
"Don't put limits on yourself. Not every dream will come true, and not every dream is from God. But when your dreams connect with God's plans, you'll find open doors that you never thought you'd see." - Max Lucado
"Dreams don't have to be big to change a life, and neither does the start up capital to launch them into action." - Marion Ahlers
"If you've aims in your life; if you've wishes in your life; if you've dreams in your life; if you've objectives in your life; if you've plans in your life; then first of all you've to think something big; something great; and something unique in order to fulfil it in your life." - Birister Sharma
"Dare to grow into your dreams and claim this as your motto: Let it be me." - Mary Kay Ash
"You should sit down with yourself and explore your dreams. What have you always wanted to do?" - Monica Bell
"Dare to dream big. Make manifest the great treasure hidden within you. You are not a spectator in this universe. You are not meant to follow but rather followed."
“Life is short, live bold! Be heard, be you, dream big, take risks, don’t wait.” - Misty Gibbs
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” - Henry Stanley Haskins
“At a time when opportunism is everything, when hope seems lost, when everything boils down to a cynical business deal, we must find the courage to dream. To reclaim romance. The romance of believing in justice, in freedom, and in dignity. For everybody.” - Arundhati Roy
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” - Dr. Seuss
“Commit yourself to a dream . . . Nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life’s most important battle – he defeated the fear of trying." - Robert H. Schuller
