Quotes about Imagination
Some simple dishes recommend themselves to our imaginations as well as palates.
— Henry David Thoreau
'Mind and matter,' said the lady in the wig, 'glide swift into the vortex if immensity. Howls the sublime, and softly sleeps the calm Ideal, in the whispering chambers of Imagination.'
— Charles Dickens
Beyond the realms of what we see, into the regions or the unexplored limited only by our imaginations.
— Albert Einstein
What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination.
— Oscar Wilde
I can change. I can live out of my imagination instead of my memory. I can tie myself to my limitless potential instead of my limiting past
— Stephen Covey
Great leaders communicate a vision that captures the imagination and fires the hearts and minds of those around them.
— Joseph Wirthlin
We should endeavor practically in our lives to correct all the defects which our imagination detects.
— Henry David Thoreau
A long poem is a test of invention which I take to be the Polar star of poetry, as fancy is the sails, and imagination the rudder.
— John Keats
We learn to curb our will and keep our overt actions within the bounds of humanity, long before we can subdue our sentiments and imaginations to the same mild tone.
— William Hazlitt
Nothing too long imagined can be perfect in a wordly way.
— Anais Nin
What is an idol? It is anything more important to you than God, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God, anything you seek to give you what only God can give.
— Timothy Keller
Every powerful movement has had its philosophy which has gripped the mind, fired the imagination and captured the devotion of its adherents.
— John Stott