Jim Valvano Quotes

To succeed, one must be creative and persistent.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

If you don't have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true?

You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams. Imagination plus innovation equals realization.

Innovation comes to you from creators who do have a vision and a passion, and that is how we succeeded.

Creativity is incredibly important, but drive is equally so.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

When I look at the success I have, it's because of my creative-thinking skills.

I always have to dream up there against the stars. If I don't dream I will make it, I won't even get close.

People often say I have so much energy, that I never stop; but that's what it takes to accomplish your goals.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.

Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.

Tim Olyphant is a machine. He never stops thinking and being creative.

Inspiration is the key to everything.

Ambition is a form of creativity.

I think in order to accomplish anything in life, you have to visualize yourself there - accepting the award, hearing your song on the radio, whatever it is - or you lose the willpower and the drive.

When I give talks, I often quote from a button I received at a Google event: Always Be Creative. I use it to illustrate how important creativity is in technology and business.

Play the picture in your mind - focus on the end result.

Never give up on your dreams.

I begin by imagining the impossible and end by accomplishing the impossible.

Dream long enough and dream hard enough you will come to know dreaming can make it so.

If you don't daydream and kind of plan things out in your imagination, you never get there. So you have to start someplace.