David Whyte Quotes

People who dream small dreams continue to live as small people.

Dream big; at least you will have the joy of reaching for the stars instead of living in a box filled with unopened gifts.

You have to have a high conception, not of what you are doing, but of what you may do one day: without that, there's no point in working.

I have a whole, you know, pocket full of dreams I want to achieve. I don't know in which order they're going to fall.

I want my little girl to tell me who she is so I can encourage her and not impose my desires for her on her life. I want her to dream big and to know that if she is willing to earn it, she can have anything - and become anything.

When I came to America, I dreamed bigger dreams.

There are a million different things that I want to do.

My dream has always been to inspire young girls to see their own power and follow big dreams and realize that they have potential.

I say you ought to write out 10 outrageous goals that are bigger than you because your life isn't meaningful or important unless you're on purpose about something way bigger than you are.

Set daily, monthly and long term goals and dreams. Don't ever be afraid to dream too big. Nothing is impossible. If you believe in yourself, you can achieve it.

There is one message children can never hear enough as they grow up, and adults should never forget as long as they live: To accomplish big things, you must first dream big dreams.

I never thought I would have an opportunity to act in the United States, and continue to expand my career outside of Europe. To be honest, my reality is bigger than I would have ever dared to dream.

I don't think you should let your age stop anything you want to do. Don't put an age limit on your dreams.

For all their bitching about what’s holding them back, most people have a lot of trouble coming up with the defined dreams they’re being held from.

Life is too short to be little. You must enlarge your imagination and then act on it.

You can win the rat race but you're still a rat.

Nothing big ever came from being small.

Start small and dream big.

The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.

What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?

To have greatly dreamed precludes low ends.

There's nothing wrong with having your goals really high and trying to achieve them. That's the fun part. You may come up short. I've come up short on a lot on my goals, but it's always fun to try and achieve them.

If you already know how to make your dream come true, then you're thinking too small.

You need to dream a bigger dream for yourself. That is the lesson. Hold the highest vision possible for your life and it can come true.

Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them.