164 Small Dreams Quotes

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Famous Small Dreams Quotes

Dream small dreams. If you make them too big, you get overwhelmed and you don't do anything. If you make small goals and accomplish them, it gives you the confidence to go on to higher goals. — John H. Johnson

Big dreams turn into big things. - Meek Mill

Big dreams turn into big things. — Meek Mill

Our dreams make us large. - Jack Kirby

Our dreams make us large. — Jack Kirby

If your dreams don't scare you they are too small. - Richard Branson

If your dreams don't scare you they are too small. — Richard Branson

Rich dad said it this way, 'Big people have big dreams and small people have small dreams. If you want to change who you are, begin by changing the size of your dreams.' — Robert Kiyosaki

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The tiniest dream that you make happen is worth more than the biggest dream that you never attempt. — Shane Koyczan

Don't get stuck on small. Don't stop dreaming, reaching and enhancing what you have. — T. D. Jakes

You have to dream dreams to live dreams. — Eric Lindros

You can't tell big dreams to small minded people. - Steve Harvey

You can't tell big dreams to small minded people. — Steve Harvey

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Think small and act small, and we'll get bigger. Think big and act big, and we'll get smaller. — Herb Kelleher

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough. — Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Don't just dream about grandiose acts of doing good. Every day do small ones, that add up over time to positive patterns. — Marian Wright Edelman

Short Small Dreams Quotes

  • You can make the dream bigger than the night. — Yiddish Proverbs
  • The greatest dreams are always unrealistic. — Will Smith
  • Dream impossible dreams. When those dreams come true, make the next ones more impossible. — Urijah Faber
  • You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills — Jim Rohn
  • You cannot realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with. — Thomas A. Edison
  • Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things. — Frank A. Clark
  • To build a successful business, you must start small and dream big. — Aliko Dangote
  • Before your dreams can come true, you have to have those dreams. — Joyce Brothers
  • Great minds have purposes, little minds have wishes. — Washington Irving

Small Dreams Image Quotes

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. - Harriet Tubman quote

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. — Harriet Tubman

I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after. - Emily Bronte quote

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

Live your life to the fullest. - Shakira quote

Live your life to the fullest. — Shakira

Small dreams quote Dream Big. Start small. Act now.
Dream Big. Start small. Act now.

Small Town Big Dreams Quotes

Coming from a small town it was tough to dream big. When I grew up in a small town in Georgia, my biggest dream was one day to be able to go to Atlanta. — Herschel Walker

I never dreamed about being an actor, because that was out of reach. Coming from a small town that was big in farming, and also big in clothing factories, you don't dream about being a professional football player or an actor. — Herschel Walker

This country is made up of small towns and big dreams. — Brian Mulroney

Small dreams quote What is one small thing you do today to move you a step closer to your dreams.
What is one small thing you do today to move you a step closer to your dreams.

They say people from small towns have big dreams and that pretty much describes me. I had big dreams growing up and I'm still a dreamer. — Clay Guida

Ever since I was a little kid, I always dreamed of being a Big City kid, because I grew up in a very small town up north in Canada. I have to say I just love the city lights at night. — Sayings

Simple Dreams Quotes

dreaming of the person you want to be is wasting the person you already are. — Kurt Cobain

I remained a socialist for several years, even after my rejection of Marxism; and if there could be such a thing as socialism combined with individual liberty, I would be a socialist still. For nothing could be better than living a modest, simple, and free life in an egalitarian society. — Karl Popper

Peace may sound simple - one beautiful word - but it requires everything we have, every quality, every strength, every dream, every high ideal. — Yehudi Menuhin

Small dreams quote Don't let small mind convince you that your dreams are too big.
Don't let small mind convince you that your dreams are too big.

Religion is the dream of the human mind. But even in dreams we do not find ourselves in emptiness or in heaven, but on earth, in the realm of reality; we only see real things in the entrancing splendor of imagination and caprice, instead of in the simple daylight of reality and necessity. — Ludwig Feuerbach

I told you that your dream was a difficult one. It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them. — Paulo Coelho

Those who aren't following Jesus aren't his followers. Its that simple. Followers follow, and those who don't follow aren't followers. To follow Jesus means to follow Jesus into a society where justice rules, where love shapes everything. To follow Jesus means to take up his dream and work for it. — Scot McKnight

Small dreams quote You say i dream big, I say you think too small.
You say i dream big, I say you think too small.

We must redefine the American Dream before we rebuild the infrastructure on which it is based. — Paolo Soleri

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. — Buddha

My path was simple: Follow your passion. Pour in your heart and soul. Settle for nothing less than excellence. And with enough hard work and faith in yourself, you can realize your dream. — Robert Mondavi

The American dream. Those three short, simple words encompass the hopes and aspirations of all the peoples on earth. The words are not only short and simple. They are also fragile. — Ross Perot

Beautiful Dreams Quotes

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

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

Keep looking up! I learn from the past, dream about the future and look up. There's nothing like a beautiful sunset to end a healthy day. — Rachel Boston

In my dreams and visions, I seemed to see a line, and on the other side of that line were green fields, and lovely flowers, and beautiful white ladies, who stretched out their arms to me over the line, but I couldn't reach them no-how. I always fell before I got to the line. — Harriet Tubman

It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream. - Bernard Williams

It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream. — Bernard Williams

What I treasure most in life is being able to dream. During my most difficult moments and complex situations I have been able to dream of a more beautiful future. — Rigoberta Menchu

If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces... never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again. That's the beauty of being alive... We can always start all over again. Enjoy God's amazing opportunities bestowed on us. Have faith in Him always. — Bernadette Soubirous

Small dreams quote Don't let small minds convince you that your dreams are too big.
Don't let small minds convince you that your dreams are too big.

Happiness does not fall out of the blue and dreams will not come true by themselves. We need to be down-to-earth and work hard. We should uphold the idea that working hard is the most honorable, noblest, greatest and most beautiful virtue. — Xi Jinping

Our hopes are high. Our faith in the people is great. Our courage is strong. And our dreams for this beautiful country will never die. — Pierre Trudeau

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams. — Jimmy Carter

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it — Mother Teresa

Dreams You Have Quotes

Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

God's not going to promote you because you have a dream, He's going to promote you because you've maximized where you are so now you're ready to go to the next level. — T. D. Jakes

Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

Everything happens for a reason, and everything has a story, and if you take time to realise what your dream is and what you really want in life... whether it's sports, whether it's in other fields, you have to realise that there's always work to do. — Stephen Curry

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Live life to the fullest. You have to color outside the lines once in a while if you want to make your life a masterpiece. Laugh some every day. Keep growing, keep dreaming, keep following your heart. The important thing is not to stop questioning. — Albert Einstein

Some people have a thick skin and you don’t. Your heart is really open and that is going to cause pain, but that is an appropriate response to this world. The cost is high, but the blessing of being compassionate is beyond your wildest dreams. — Anne Lamott

Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges makes life worth living. — Mary Tyler Moore

So, transform yourself first… Because you are young and have dreams and want to do something meaningful, that in itself, makes you our future and our hope. Keep expanding your horizon, decolonize your mind, and cross borders. — Yuri Kochiyama

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. — Henry David Thoreau

Bigger Dreams Quotes

Most people chasing their dreams don't see the bigger picture, they just see the silhouette. Make the vision real! — Joel Brown

Let your dreams be bigger than your fears and your actions louder than your words. — Christine Caine

Your job is to create a vision that makes you want to jump out of bed in the morning. If it doesn’t, go back to bed until you have a bigger dream. — Lewis Howes

God's way is better than your way. His plan is bigger than your plan. His dream for your life is more rewarding, more fulfilling, better than you've ever dreamed of. Now stay open and let God do it His way. — Joel Osteen

With greater confidence in yourself and your abilities, you will set bigger goals, make bigger plans and commit yourself to achieving objectives that today you only dream about. — Brian Tracy

When God requires us to surrender one dream, it’s because He wants to hand us a bigger and better one. — Mandy Hale

Let your dreams be bigger than your fears, your actions louder than your words, and your faith stronger than your feelings — Nicky Gumbel

Gardeners, I think, dream bigger dreams than Emperor's. — Mary Cantwell

You musn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling. — Christopher Nolan

Believe in your dreams and dream big. And then after youve done that, dream bigger. — Howard Schultz

Childhood Dreams Quotes

I always wanted to be a rock star. That was my childhood dream. That's what I told everybody I was going to be when I grew up. — Chester Bennington

In my childhood, America was like a religion. Then, real-life Americans abruptly entered my life - in jeeps - and upset all my dreams. — Sergio Leone

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. — Randy Pausch

You don’t have yet wings and already want to fly. — Mexican Proverbs

Don’t complain; just work harder. — Randy Pausch

Most kids probably dream of becoming an astronaut. I was just the one that never grew out of it. — Christina Koch

For almost thirty years I repeatedly saw one and the same dream: I would arrive in Vienna at long last. I would feel really happy, for I was returning to my serene childhood. — Alfred Schnittke

The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people! — Randy Pausch

I am happy, and I am living the life I always dreamed of. — Kylian Mbappe

A dream come true unfolds very very gradually then all at once. — Alexi Pappas

Dreams And Love Quotes

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death. — Robert Fulghum

O YOU whom I often and silently come where you are, that I may be with you; As I walk by your side, or sit near, or remain in the same room with you, Little you know the subtle electric fire that for your sake is playing within me. — Walt Whitman

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

Jesus knows the burdens we carry and the tears we shed, but He is the healer of broken hearts, broken dreams, and broken lives. Trust him. He never fails. — John Hagee

You've got to follow your passion. You've got to figure out what it is you love--who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams. — Oprah Winfrey

If you don't know the guy on the other side of the world, love him anyway because he's just like you. He has the same dreams, the same hopes and fears. It's one world, pal. We're all neighbors. — Frank Sinatra

You dance love, and you dance joy, and you dance dreams. And I know if I can make you smile by jumping over a couple of couches or running through a rainstorm, then I'll be very glad to be a song and dance man. — Gene Kelly

I am leaving this legacy to all of you...to bring peace, justice, equality, love and a fulfillment of what our lives should be. Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die - the dream of freedom and peace. — Rosa Parks

I honestly didn't think miracles could ever come from my broken pieces, and I was disabled in fear that my dreams would always remain as dreams. Don't give up on you. Don't give up on God. Don't give up on love. — Nick Vujicic

You open your heart knowing that there's a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. — Bob Marley

Following Dreams Quotes

Dreams are like stars. You may never touch them, but if you follow them they will lead you to your destiny. — Liam James

The four Cs of making dreams come true: Curiosity, Courage, Consistency, Confidence. — Walt Disney

People who lack the clarity, courage, or determination to follow their own dreams will often find ways to discourage yours. Live your truth and don't EVER stop! — Steve Maraboli

Everything starts with a dream, a particle of our imagination that teases us of what the future could be like, as long as we fight for it. — Gurbaksh Chahal

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

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you. — Herman Melville

Dreams require down payments. Dreams are free, but the journey isn't. There is a price to pay. When you find your why you'll find your way. When you develop your will you will embark on your way. Many people start; few people finish. Many people have a dream; few people achieve their dreams. — John C. Maxwell

On your journey to your dream, be ready to face oasis and deserts. In both cases, don't stop — Paulo Coelho

When you achieve one dream, dream another. Getting what you want is only a problem if you have nowhere to go next. Dreaming is a lifetime occupation. — Rudy Ruettiger

If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way.. Follow your Dreams. — Jane Goodall

Strange Dreams Quotes

The happiness consists in realizing that it is all a great strange dream. - Jack Kerouac

The happiness consists in realizing that it is all a great strange dream. — Jack Kerouac

I have fallen into an abyss. I live in a world so curious, so strange. Of the dream that was my life, this is my nightmare. — Camille Claudel

...A strange art – music – the most poetic and precise of all the arts, vague as a dream and precise as algebra. — Guy de Maupassant

How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the most important events of a man's life, religiously preserve the merest trifles. — Richard Burton

A spider lives inside my head Who weaves a strange and wondrous web Of silken threads and silver strings To catch all sorts of flying things, Like crumbs of thoughts and bits of smiles And specks of dried-up tears, And dust of dreams that catch and cling For years and years and years... — Shel Silverstein

Say that I starved; that I was lost and weary; That I was burned and blinded by the desert sun; Footsore, thirsty, sick with strange diseases; Lonely and wet and cold, but that I kept my dream! — Everett Ruess

In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia. — Mary Kay Ash

Although the dream is a very strange phenomenon and an inexplicable mystery, far more inexplicable is the mystery and aspect our minds confer on certain objects and aspects of life. — Giorgio de Chirico

She barely understands her dreams of belly button rings and other kind of things. Symbolic of change, but the thing that is strange, it that the changes occur, and now she's just a part of the herd. — Jack Johnson

In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield. — Douglas MacArthur

Your Dreams Quotes

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. — Swami Vivekananda

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

Never let your memories be greater than your dreams. — Unknown

If you want your dreams to come true, don't over sleep. - Yiddish Proverbs

If you want your dreams to come true, don't over sleep. — Yiddish Proverbs

Make your faith larger than your fears and your dreams larger than your doubts. - Robin S. Sharma

Make your faith larger than your fears and your dreams larger than your doubts. — Robin S. Sharma

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. — Dr. Seuss

Twenty 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

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader. — John Quincy Adams

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined... — Henry David Thoreau

The secret is to believe in your dreams; in your potential that you can be like your star, keep searching, keep believing and don’t lose faith in yourself. — Neymar

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More Small Dreams Quotes

No matter your age, stage of life, or circumstances, don't forget to dare to dream with God. You don't have to figure anything out. Just keep saying yes to Him, in big ways and small, and watch what He does. — Lysa TerKeurst

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

Epic things start with small humble steps. Pay respect to your beginnings. And if you're just starting out, know that it's OK to be sucky. To be small. To be messy and chaotic. Just make sure to never ever stop dreaming. — Vishen Lakhiani

The dream is the small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul. — Carl Jung

You have to dream before your dreams can come true. — Abdul Kalam

You cannot hear the name Martin Luther King, Jr., and not think of death. You might hear the words 'I have a dream,' but they will doubtlessly only serve to underscore an image of a simple motel balcony, a large man made small, a pool of blood. For as famous as he may have been in life, it is - and was - death that ultimately defined him. — Michael Eric Dyson

The best recruiters in the world are small thinkers. They convince millions of dreamers to give up on their dreams. — Patrick Bet-David

I think it’s really important to sustain your dreams. Because a person without a dream will lose his or her will to live. Even if it’s just a small dream, it means a lot to that person. — Jaejoong

Between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not do, the danger is that we shall do nothing. — Adolphe Monod

No person has the right to rain on your dreams. — Marian Wright Edelman

After working for 14 years on Wall Street and growing up in a family with strong roots in small business, I know how important the entrepreneurial spirit is to attaining the American dream. — Ellen Tauscher

Dream big, but take consistent action towards your goals. It’s the small steps that lead to big achievements. — Steven Bartlett

The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance. — Oprah Winfrey

We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here. — Susan L. Taylor

Nothing limits achievement like small thinking; nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination. — William Arthur Ward

It's what you do that makes your soul. — Barbara Kingsolver

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight. — Oscar Wilde

I dreamt we walked together along the shore. We made satisfying small talk and laughed. This morning I found sand in my shoe and a seashell in my pocket. Was I only dreaming? — Maya Angelou

When you cease to dream you cease to live. — Malcolm Forbes

If you can somehow think and dream of success in small steps, every time you make a step, every time you accomplish a small goal, it gives you confidence to go on from there. — John H. Johnson

You have to have a dream, whether big or small. Then plan, focus, work hard and be very determined to achieve your goals. — Henry Sy

Rose-colored glasses are never made in bifocals. Nobody wants to read the small print in dreams. — Ann Landers

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. — John Lennon

I will not close my eyes, neither those in my head nor those in my soul, as the ship carries me away, along with my future, my dreams, and my beliefs. Buru Island is no happy land somewhere; it's but a way station on my journey in life—though to believe even that much will require no small measure of hope. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

America is too great for small dreams. — Ronald Reagan

For the first forty days a child is given dreams of previous lives. Journeys, winding paths, a hundred small lessons and then the past is erased. — Michael Ondaatje

We have to challenge ourselves and be innovative so as to change the world. Get to this level of thinking. No small dreams, do big things! — Chris Oyakhilome

Start small and dream big. — Robert Kiyosaki

How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races? All my life people have been telling me, 'You're too small Pre', 'You're not fast enough Pre', 'Give up your foolish dream Steve'. But they forgot something, I HAVE TO WIN. — Steve Prefontaine

Don't think small when you pray. God has a way to bring your dreams to pass if you'll dare to be bold enough to ask. — Joel Osteen

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

It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. — Benjamin E. Mays

Like dreams, small creeks grow into mighty rivers. — Unknown

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