Moncure D. Conway famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Be fanatics. When it comes to being and doing and dreaming the best, be maniacs.
I was a great dreamer of day dreams.
Dream a little dream, Or you can live a little dream I'd rather live it 'Cause dreamers always chase But never get it
As I look out at all of you gathered here, I want to say that I don't see a room full of Parisians in top hats and diamonds and silk dresses. I don't see bankers and housewives and store clerks. No. I address you all tonight as you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.
This nation was built by men who took risks-pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, businessmen who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action.
Have we not all, amid life's petty strife, / Some pure idea of a noble life / That once seemed possible?
Our horizon is the creation of a noble society to which, like the medieval builder of those glorious cathedrals, you will have added your conception, your artful piece of stone.
Only power can get people into a position where they may be noble.
For words divide and rend But silence is most noble till the end.
For he who is honest is noble, Whatever his fortunes or birth.

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