Saturday, April 11, 2020

LIFE LESSONS IN QUOTES - DREAM

August 28, 1963 is a red letter day in the history of the world. This was the day on which Martin Luther King Jr delivered an iconic speech at the Lincoln Memorial where he enthused the masses for years to come and generations to pass with the words,

" I have a dream"

Decades later, a young aspirant to the White House invoked the American dream to successfully win two terms and also author the book, " Dreams from my father". The author Barrack Obama connected to the world over with the American dream.

He in a sense lived out the words of John Lennon,

" A dream you dream alone is only a dream. 
A dream you dream together is reality"

Whether to make an attempt or have a plan B one must have the courage and also have a great dream. Harriet Tubman said,

" 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."

One of the greatest dreamers of modern times that India produced said,


Abdul Kalam quotes, Dream is not what you see in sleep, Dream is something which doesn’t let you sleep -Abdul Kalam quotes
The former President of India lived the words of Swami Vivekananda who said,


" Take up one idea. 
Make that one idea your life-
 think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. 
Let the muscles, nerves, every part of your body be full of that idea, 
and just leave every other idea alone. 
This is the way to success."

Dr Kalam poke of a dream while Swami Vivekananda also told the process of creating a dream.

Probably it was the inspiration of these words which made the iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar to say,

"Enjoy the game and chase your dreams. 
Dreams do come true."

It may have also led to the popular slogan, Eat cricket, Sleep cricket used by the soft drink giant Coca Cola to promote itself without any apologies.

The warning sounded by the industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani is probably the world's shortest autobiography,

"If you don't build your dream, 
someone else will hire you to help them build theirs"

He also showed that the following statement of Eleanor Roosevelt was a reality to be lived and demonstrated

" The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams"

Each of these persona have scientifically proven beyond doubt the truth in the statement of Edgar Cayce that


" Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions."

In the case of anyone feeling discouraged by the society in pursuing a dream, the words of Mahatma Gandhi would be the ideal tonic

" First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. 
Then they fight you. Then you win."

Thus, the letter D of the alphabet goads us to dare to dream, knit together a dream, pursue the dream and achieve the dream. This life lesson makes it a sweet life to be proud of rather than a nightmare to shudder with.


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