• Columbus dreamed of an Unknown world, staked his lie on the existence of such a world, and discovered it.

• Copernicus, the great astronomer, dreamed of a multiplicity of worlds, and revealed them. No one denounced him as “impractical” after he had triumphed.

• Henry Ford, poor and uneducated, dreamed of a horseless carriage, went to work with what tools he possessed, without waiting or opportunity to favor him, and now evidence of his dream belts the entire earth.

• Thomas Edison dreamed of a lamp that could be operated by electricity, began where he stood to put his dream into action, and despite more than 10 000 failures, he stood by that dream until he made it a physical reality. Practical dreamers do not quit!

• Lincoln dreamed of freedom for the black slaves, put his dream into action, and barely missed living to see a United North and South translate his dream into reality.

• The Wright brothers dreamed of a machine that would fly through the air. No one may see evidence all over the world, that they dreamed soundly.

• Marconi dreamed of a system for harnessing the intangible forces of the ether. Evidence that he didn’t not dream in vain, may be found in every wireless and radio in the world.

“If the thing you desire is right, and you believe in it, go ahead and do it! Put your dreams across, and never mind what they say if you meet with temporary defeat, for they, perhaps, do not know that every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success,” Napoleon Hill.

*The examples in this post were extracted form Napoleon Hill’s book “Think and grow rich”.