“All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination?”
Carl Jung
“This consciousness of self, this capacity to see one’s self as though from the outside, is the distinctive characteristic of man.”
Rollo May in Man's Search for Himself
“The whole edifice of modern civilization rests not on drudgery, muscle power, repetition, or long hours of work, but on insight, inspiration, inventiveness, originality, and enterprise. On moving between where we are now, in the real world, and the world we dream up in our minds and then make real.”
Richard Koch in Living the 80/20 Way
“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
Paulo Coelho in The Alchemist
“You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands – your own.”
Mark Victor Hansen
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
Henry David Thoreau
“There is only one way to see things, until someone shows us how to look at them with different eyes.”
Pablo Picasso
“The man who has no imagination has no wings.”
Muhammad Ali
“First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.”
Napolean Hill
“We do not need magic to change the world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. We have the power to imagine better.”
J.K. Rowling
“The most successful people change the world not through sweat and tears but through ideas and passion. It is not a matter of hard work or time on the job; it is having a different view, an original idea, something that expresses their individuality and creativity. Success comes from thinking, then acting on those thoughts.”
Richard Koch in Living the 80/20 Way
“Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.”
Jonathan Swift
“Live out of your imagination, not your history.”
Stephen R. Covey
“No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.”
Edward Hopper
“A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing.”
