Rebecca Solnit Quotes

In our dreams we are able to fly . . . and that is a remembering of how we were meant to be.

The dust's for crawling, heaven's for flying, Wherefore, O Soul, whose wings are grown, Soar upward to the sun!

You don't have to put an age limit on your dreams.

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

Everything is possible in this life.

My name is Leland Tyler Wayne. My mom wanted to give me a name where, no matter what I wanted to do, I'd be able to do it. An astronaut. President. Whatever.

Bright and illustrious illusions! Who can blame, who laugh at the boy, who not admire and commend him, for that desire of a fame outlasting the Pyramids by which he insensibly learns to live in a life beyond the present, and nourish dreams of a good unattainable by the senses?

Every day, someone realizes a dream. I believe dreams help light our darkness and give us the push we need to move across the rink of life.

You just need the freedom to dream big and a whole lot of hard work.

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master.

If you are BIG ENOUGH for your dream, your dream isn't BIG ENOUGH for God.

We all have our dreams. May we find them, and God have mercy on us when we do.

And I couldn't make fun of her for that dream. It was my dream, too. And Indian boys weren't supposed to dream like that. And white girls from small towns weren't supposed to dream big, either. We were supposed to be happy with our limitations. But there was no way Penelope and I were going to sit still. Nope, we both wanted to fly.

When you get the money, you still need to keep going; you don't stop. There has to be something else. I think it's the freedom to do what you want and to live your dreams.

We have every right to dream heroic dreams.

Without dreams we would be cows in a field, and I don't want to live like that. I live my life or I end my life with this project.

But if one had everything one could ever need or want, what was left to dream of?

I belive I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky.

May your dreams defy the laws of gravity.

This world is vast enough to handle anything you dare to dream.

We chase dreams and embrace shadows.

The Heavens are as deep as our aspirations are high.

We all yearn to fly. We are creatures of longing. We do not need to [physically fly] to be airborne. What I call the aerial instinct-the drive to transcend our present condition- is the defining characteristic of a human being. We are restless animals, eternal travelers who are forever in the process of becoming. Consciousness itself is a flight from the here and now to the beyond. Our reach always exceeds our grasp, which is what Heaven is for.

Great dreamers' dreams are never fulfilled, they are always transcended.

Without a dream to light your way, the world is a very dark place.