Bertrand Russell Quotes

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

Hope, even more than necessity, is the mother of invention.

If your work isn't exciting, doesn't stir the emotions, where's the challenge? Where's the progress if you always play it safe?

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.

Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.

I think that my leadership style is to get people to fear staying in place, to fear not changing.

Courage, my friends; 'tis not too late to build a better world.

The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were.

Idealists are foolish enough to throw caution to the winds. They have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.

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

The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.

Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream.

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

We have lots of ideas, lots of dreams.

If you're not an optimist, forget being an artist.

My job is to allow people to dream. Make the impossible seem possible.

The idea of a new hero for a new day sang to me.

When we dare to hope for a certain outcome and take action after action toward that outcome, we're dealing with nothing less than the spirit of creativity itself.

As long as you can start, you are all right. The juice will come.

Send forth a tiny ripple of hope.

Visionaries see the "impossible" as the inevitable.

I feel like I'm a voice of hope.

I think it's the Canadian spirit that encourages people to dream a little bit.

Every quarter, we give an award for a breakthrough idea even if it doesn't make it to market.