Quotations about Hope & Dreams

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, It is the only thing that ever has.”

Margaret Mead

“Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing.”

Unknown

“Never let yesterday's disappointments overshadow tomorrow's dreams.”

Unknown

“To those who can dream there is no such place as faraway.”

Unknown

“A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top.”

Unknown

“We judge of man's wisdom by his hope.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.”

Robert H. Schuller

“When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.”

Unknown

“The uncommon man is merely the common man thinking and dreaming of success in larger terms and in more fruitful areas.”

Melvin Powers

“It may be those who do most, dream most.”

Stephen Leacock

I Wanted To Change The World

When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world.

I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.

When I found I couldn't change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn't change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.

Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family. My family and I could have made an impact on our town. Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world."


More words of wisdom on change:
"After you've done a thing the same way for two years, look it over carefully. After five years, look at it with suspicion. And after ten years, throw it away and start all over. " Alfred Edward Perlman

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another." Anatole France

"Growth is the only evidence of life." John Henry Newman

"If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies." Author Unknown

"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves." Victor Frankl