I do not want to die… until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.

—Kathe Kollwitz

More quotations tagged with “dreams”

Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.

We need men who can dream of things that never were.

—John F. Kennedy

Dreams surely are difficult, confusing, and not everything in them is brought to pass for mankind. For fleeting dreams have two gates: one is fashioned of horn and one of ivory. Those which pass through the one of sawn ivory are deceptive, bringing tidings which come to nought, but those which issue from the one of polished horn bring true results when a mortal sees them.

They say dreams are the windows of the soul—take a peek and you can see the inner workings, the nuts and bolts.

—Henry Bromel

Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves.

—Germaine Greer

History

11 Jul 2015 Added
26 Oct 2026 Wording changed

Previous wording

I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.