“Nothing happens unless first we dream.”

“Unless souls are saved, nothing is saved; there can be no world peace unless there is soul peace. World wars are only projections of the conflicts waged inside the souls of men and women, for nothing happens in the external world that has not first happened within a soul.”

Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) Catholic bishop and television presenter

“We must overcome difficulty by constant practice. We must learn that nothing can happen to us unless we make ourselves susceptible to it.”

Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher

“Nothing has really happened unless it's been described [in words].”

Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) English writer

“At first first nothing will happen to us
and later on
it will happen to us again.”

Leonard Cohen book Book of Longing

“Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood.”

Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath

“Nothing is going to change unless you first change”

Steve Maraboli (1975)

“Nothing ever happens in the world that does not happen first inside human hearts.”

Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) Catholic bishop and television presenter

“I was waiting for something extraordinary to happen but as the years wasted on nothing ever did unless I caused it.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

“Thoughts alone won’t make extraordinary things happen. But nothing ever happens if you don’t visualise it first.”

Lewis Pugh (1969) Environmental campaigner, maritime lawyer and endurance swimmer