I’ve been writing the book Dream Year for two years, going on three. Here are some quotes I’ve picked up from YOU on Twitter along the way. What a great research tool…
Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. ~Langston Hughes
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. ~Stephen King
Few people are successful unless a lot of other people want them to be. ~Charles Brower
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. ~Thomas Edison
Something deep in the human heart breaks at the thought of a life of mediocrity. Our hearts cry out for life. ~C.S. Lewis
If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate. ~Thomas Watson
Darwin didn’t say the strongest survived, but the most adaptable! Think about that. ~Bob Lefsetz
Life’s real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up. ~Thomas Edison
Until the time came to fulfill his dreams, the Lord tested Joseph’s character. ~Ps105.19
Both faith and fear may sail into your harbour, but only allow faith to drop anchor. ~Bear Grylls
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. ~Benjamin Franklin
Financial security then is a great help as it keeps you from worrying. Worry destroys the ability to write. ~Earnest Hemingway
Dream more than others think practical. Expect more than others think possible. Care more than others think wise. ~Howard Schultz
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what other people say you cannot do ~Walter Bagehot
I rather make a great comeback from failure then to have never attempted something and be average. ~Matthew Barnett
When Justin [Timberlake] went on vacation I made albums. ~Kanye West
One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested ~E.M. Forster
Would have worked for better grades in school if there had been incentive. ‘Getting a job, working for the rest of your life’ didn’t cut it. ~Kelly Oxford
Story is king. ~Pixar
The two most important days in life are the day you are born and the day you discover the reason why. ~Mark Twain
There are 3 stages to every great work of God: First it’s impossible, Then it’s difficult, Then it’s done. ~J. Hudson Taylor
The cost of being wrong is less than the cost of doing nothing. ~Seth Godin
You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do. ~Henry Ford
Day after day men came to help David, until he had a great army, like the army of God. ~1Chr12.22
If God is your partner, make your plans large. ~D. L. Moody
A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it. ~Alfred Hitchcock
99% of business is doing things incrementally better. ~Inc Magazine
When you’re self-employed, email becomes a sort of slot machine. What am I doing next week? Oh, nothing. Refresh. Nothing. ~@birbigs
Extraordinary things are done by communities of passion. ~Gary Hamel
Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. ~Abraham Lincoln
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt. ~Shakespeare
Don’t quench your inspiration and your imagination. Don’t become the slave of your model. ~Vincent Van Gogh
You owe it to us all to get on with what you’re good at. ~W. H. Auden
Leaders are paid to be dreamers. In fact the higher u go in leadership, the more ur work is about the future. ~Hans Finzel
Every artist was first an amateur. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. ~Michael Jordan
Whoever best describes the problem is the one most likely to solve it. ~Dan Roam
Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision. ~Peter Drucker
After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future world depends. ~Wallace Stevens
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. ~Muhammad Ali
It’s kind of fun to do the impossible. ~Walt Disney
We can only understand ourselves in terms of story – we don’t live in bits and fragments. ~Eugene Peterson
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. ~Winston Churchill
It’s not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. ~E. Hillary
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. ~Robert Collier
It’s one thing to study war and another to live the warrior’s life. ~Talamon of Arcadia
I never worry about action; only inaction. ~Winston Churchill
Live life so completely that when death comes to you like a thief in the night, there will be nothing left for him to steal. ~@clighty
Want to know how to sell albums? You can be first… best… different, but at the end of the day… just be worth people’s time. ~Jay King
Martin Luther King gave the ‘I have a dream’ speech, not the ‘I have a plan’ speech. ~Simon Sinek
The opposite of a leader isn’t a follower. The opposite of a leader is a pessimist. ~Marcus Buckingham
Thinking big without thinking long is a recipe for disappointment. ~Mark Batterson
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. ~Earl Nightingale
The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary. ~Nassim Taleb
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody. ~Mother Teresa
Many journeys are ruined by the lie that you have to know the destination before you start. God knows. Our job is to go. ~ Jon Acuff
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways, my thoughts are higher than your thoughts. ~Is.55:9
Your mind is the only place where everything works perfectly. ~Ben Washer
No one can pay the price for your dream but you. ~Bil Cornelius
Unleash every idea that comes to you mind without filter. You have to release all the bad ideas to free up the great ones. ~Marcus Buckingham
The tuning up of the orchestra can itself be delightful, but only to those who can anticipate the symphony. ~C.S. Lewis.
Dreams come a couple sizes too big so you can grow into ’em. ~ Rev Run
