To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence.
Interpretation
Great dreams require both a strong vision and the determination to achieve them.
This quote by Cesar Chavez emphasizes that in order to turn significant aspirations into reality, one must first possess a strong imagination and the ability to dream big. However, dreaming alone is not sufficient; it is the tenacity and persistence in pursuing those dreams that ultimately leads to success.
In practice
This quote can inspire students before a big exam to keep believing in their academic goals.
I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we do. I feel very deeply about vegetarianism and the animal kingdom. It was my dog Boycott who led me to question the right of humans to eat other sentient beings.
I think one of the great, great problems...is confusing people to the point where they become immobile. In fact, the more things people can find out for themselves, the more vigor the organization is going to have.
In the final analysis it doesn't really matter what the political system is...We don't need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation.
There is enough love and good will in our movement to give energy to our struggle and still have plenty left over to break down and change the climate of hate and fear around us.
Our union represents a breaking away...represents sharing a power, represent questioning, represents a new force...however long it takes, we are geared for a struggle.
Every time we sit at a table at night or in the morning to enjoy the fruits and grain and vegetables from our good earth, remember that they come from the work of men and women and children who have been exploited for generations.
You really have to look inside yourself and find your own inner strength, and say, 'I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.'
My message going forward is that I want to remind everyone in the aviation industry - especially those who manage aviation companies and those who regulate aviation - that we owe it to our passengers to keep learning how to do it better.
I want the same thing I've wanted since I was 7 years old. I want to be No. 1.
You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.
To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in, and scramble through as well as we can.
It is in the doing that the real blessing comes. Do it! That's our motto.
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