Sam Altman on Dreams Quotes

"Be relentless about the vision but flexible about the details. The dream stays the same; the path changes."

"Move fast and be break-things optimistic. You need that optimism to keep the dream alive when things get hard."

"The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that's changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks."

"It is much easier to get people to help you with a big, important dream than a small, incremental one."

"You should be focused on the dream, not the process of building a company. The company is just a vehicle for the dream."

"Great things happen when someone decides that their dream is more important than their comfort."

"Most people get caught in the trap of incrementalism. The real gains come from dreaming about the 10x or 100x version of the world."

"Every great achievement was once considered impossible. Your dream is only impossible until it isn't."

"If you don't believe in your own dream, it is very hard to get anyone else to believe in it."

"Ambition is a magnet. When you dream big, you attract the most talented people in the world to help you."

"It is very hard to do something great without being intensely focused. Focus is the bridge between a dream and reality."

"If you find yourself in a room where everyone agrees with your dream, you might not be dreaming big enough."

"A big secret is that you can bend the world to your will a surprising percentage of the time—most people don’t even try."

"You want to be the person who sees the dream when everyone else just sees the obstacles."

"It’s easier to do a hard startup than an easy startup. People want to be part of something that matters and feel that their work will be significant."

"The most important thing is to just keep going. A dream only dies when you stop working on it."

"Don't let the status quo define the limits of your dreams. The status quo is just a lack of imagination."

"Compounding is magic. Look for it everywhere. You want to be on a trajectory that compounds, especially when pursuing a long-term dream."

"The world is willing to help you if you are pursuing something that makes the future better."

"You want to be 'difficult to dismiss.' This comes from having a dream that is so compelling and a plan so clear that people have to take you seriously."

"I think the most important thing for a young person is to find something that they're obsessed with and just pursue it."

"The best way to predict the future is to build it. Your dreams are the blueprints for that building."

"The days are long, but the decades are short. Spend your time on dreams that will matter ten years from now."

"The scale of your dream determines the scale of your impact. Don't settle for a small vision."

"The most successful people I know have a clear vision of the future and the persistence to see it through."

"Self-belief is immensely powerful. The most successful people I know believe in themselves almost to the point of delusion."

"We are capable of so much more than we think. Our dreams are just a glimpse of our true potential."

"The dream should be to create something that people actually love. If you do that, the rest usually takes care of itself."

"Don't let your own internal voice tell you that your dream is too big. Let the world try to tell you that, and then prove them wrong."

"Success is not about being right once; it's about having a dream and being right eventually after many failures."

"If you are going to fail, fail pursuing a dream that was worth the effort."

"Never lose your sense of wonder about what is possible. The moment you stop dreaming is the moment you stop growing."

"Optimism is a competitive advantage. It allows you to pursue dreams that others have already given up on."