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

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer.”

Harriet Tubman (1820–1913) African-American abolitionist and humanitarian

“I learned to dream through reading, learned to create dreams through writing, and learned to develop dreamers through teaching. I shall always be a dreamer.”

Sharon M. Draper (1948) American children's writer

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”

Harriet Tubman (1820–1913) African-American abolitionist and humanitarian

“Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed —
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above.”

Langston Hughes (1902–1967) American writer and social activist

“For I have always been a seeker, a dreamer, and a ponderer on seeking and dreaming…”

H.P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) American author

“I've always dreamed that love would be effortless
Like a pedal falling to the ground; a dreamer following his dream.”

Kelly Clarkson (1982) American singer-songwriter, actress

“But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.”

Toni Morrison book The Bluest Eye

“The dreamers always seem to think their dream is worth the price that other people will pay. They also delude themselves that they will control whatever evil they use to try to bring about their dream.”

Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist

“Do not consider yourself deprived because your dreams were not fulfilled; the truly deprived have never dreamed.”

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) Austrian writer