John Adams Quotes

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.

I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.

We think of our future as anticipated memories.

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

We're all dreamers.

When we see the face of a child, we think of the future. We think of their dreams about what they might become, and what they might accomplish.

It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.

You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?'

Visions establish hope.

Some men see things as they are and say “Why?” I dream things that never were and say, “Why not?”

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.

Dreaming of a tomorrow, which tomorrow, will be as distant then as 'tis today.

Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future.

Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.

What you possess is not what you jingle in the pockets of your memory, but the imaginings with which you fill the spaces of the future.

Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead.

There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

A dream will always triumph over reality, once it is given the chance.

The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people's hopes.

Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.

Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality.

While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.

Our fathers had their dreams; we have ours; the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist.