Ben Vereen Quotes

All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone is telling you that you are not great or not good enough, just follow your heart and don't let anybody crush your dream.

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.

You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.

Everyone's path is different. It's not always about money - sometimes it's about the journey.

A lot of people put pressure on themselves and think it will be way too hard for them to live out their dreams. Mentors are there to say, 'Look, it's not that tough. It's not as hard as you think. Here are some guidelines and things I have gone through to get to where I am in my career.'

Follow your dreams. If you have a goal, and you want to achieve it, then work hard and do everything you can to get there, and one day it will come true.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

I've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them.

Become your dream.

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams.

To the degree we're not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves.

I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.

Dream and give yourself permission to envision a You that you choose to be.

There have been many dreams which have been personal guides for me.

I've always looked for the perfect life to step into. I've taken all the paths to get where I wanted. But no matter where I go, I still come home.

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

If you want your dream more than you have to have people's affirmation, that's how you break through your border bullies.

We have to manage the dreams and the fears.

I know that one day I'm going to die. I want to accomplish as much as I can before I do.

I look up and go, 'I'm living in the world I visualized a long time ago.' From making movies, to the Film Society, to just being in a film world. It's a life that I wanted to inhabit. I think everyone has the opportunity to do that in this world - it's just, are you gonna work for it, and how much does it mean to you?

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

I always say it is not the arrival; it is the journey.

I am just a girl chasing her dreams and having an amazing adventure.

When you have a dream and you believe in yourself and you have people believe in you, you just do whatever it takes to try to achieve that.