I Had A Dream Quotes

• I had a dream, which was not at all a dream.

  Lord Byron

  Dream

  Lord Byron (2013). “Selected Poems of Lord Byron”, p.30, Lulu Press, Inc

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• I had a dream my life would be different from this hell I am living, so different from what it seemed. Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.

  Victor Hugo

  Life, Dream, Different

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• Things base and vile, holding no quantity, love can transpose to form and dignity

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Dignity, Cupid

  'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 1, sc. 1, l. 226

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• The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.

  William Faulkner

  Love, Inspirational, Wisdom

  William Faulkner (2011). “Flags in the Dust: The complete text of Faulkner's third novel, which appeared in a cut version as Sartoris”, p.68, Vintage

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• 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

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• 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

  Dream, Hard Times, Challenges

  Peter McWilliams (1994). “Do It!: Let's Get Off Our Buts”, Prelude Press

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• People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Running, Dream, Dog

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• Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.

  Erma Bombeck

  Inspirational, Dream, Lonely

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• I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Dream, Peace, One Day

  I Have a Dream, delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

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• Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Wisdom, Peace, Kings

  "Letter from Birmingham Jail," 16 Apr. 1963

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• A dream is a microscope through which we look at the hidden occurrences in our soul.

  Erich Fromm

  Dream, Soul, Looks

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• A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight.

  Oscar Wilde

  Good Night, Dream, Punishment

  Oscar Wilde (2000). “Oscar Wilde - The Major Works”, p.296, OUP Oxford

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• According to the ancient Chinese proverb, A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

  John F. Kennedy

  Travel, New Beginnings, Journey

  Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Address to the Nation, delivered 26 July 1963

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• Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes; When monarch reason sleeps, this mimic wakes.

  John Dryden

  Dream, Sleep, Fancy

  John Dryden (1868). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden”, p.362

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• We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Justice, Water, I Have A Dream Speech

  I Have a Dream, delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

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• And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Change, Kings, Land

  Address to sanitation workers, Memphis, Tenn., 3 Apr. 1968.

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• The dreamers of the day are dangerous... for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.

  T. E. Lawrence

  Dream, Eye, Vision

  The Seven Pillars of Wisdom suppressed introductory chapter (1926).

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• The course of true love never did run smooth.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Life, Summer

  'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 1, sc. 1, l. 132

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• I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after.

  Emily Bronte

  Inspirational, Dream, Ever After

  Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.424, Penguin

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• Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.

  Terry Pratchett

  Dream, Needs, Wages

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Wyrd Sisters: (Discworld Novel 6)”, p.270, Random House

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• Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.

  Leon Joseph Suenens

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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

  Napoleon Hill

  Life, Motivational, Encouraging

  Napoleon Hill (2008). “The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan forAchieving Your Dreams”, p.624, Penguin

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• We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.

  Eric Hoffer

  Love, Dream, Hope

  Eric Hoffer (1955). “The passionate state of mind, and other aphorisms”

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• I know how men in exile feed on dreams.

  Aeschylus

  Dream, Men, Literature

  Aeschylus (2013). “Agamemnon in Plain and Simple English (Translated)”, p.137, BookCaps Study Guides

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