“You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.”

— Hermann Hesse , book Demian

Source: Demian (1919), p. 94
Context: You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy. But there is no dream that lasts forever, each dream is followed by another, and one should not cling to any particular one.

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German writer 1877–1962

William Zinsser (1922–2015) writer, editor, journalist, literary critic, professor

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“A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.”

Denis Waitley (1933) American writer

“(…) Desire what is worth desiring and desire it well. Just like you pick your way in a crowd, passing between people, so you find your way between events, without missing your general direction. It is easy, if you are earnest.”

Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897–1981) Indian guru

Desire and fear
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“Create your own reality…become your own rockstar, find your passion… and we
will be here every step of the way with you.”

Andrew Biersack (1990) American singer-songwriter

“The only way that you achieve what you want and to fulfill your dreams and become great is by demanding that sort of attention. You have to make it happen.”

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1990s, The Long Hard Road Out of Hell (1998)

“The difference is very easy to understand. If you enjoy the process, it's your dream. … If you are enduring the process, just desperate for the result, it's somebody else's dream.”

Salma Hayek (1966) Mexican-American actress and producer

O interview (2003)
Context: I wanted to have a voice, and it was okay if I wasn't going to be so famous or so rich. And this the one thing I learned: How do you recognize what's your true dream and what is the dream that you are dreaming for other people to love you? … The difference is very easy to understand. If you enjoy the process, it's your dream. … If you are enduring the process, just desperate for the result, it's somebody else's dream.