George Lucas is an American filmmaker and entrepreneur. He is best known as the creator of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, as well as the founder of Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic. He was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lucasfilm, before selling it to The Walt Disney Company in 2012. May his quotes inspire you to chase your dreams.
1. “Always remember, your focus determines your reality.” George Lucas
2. “You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks, jump over hurdles and break through the brick walls that are always going to be placed in front of you. If you don’t have that kind of feeling for what it is you are doing, you’ll stop at the first giant hurdle.” George Lucas
3. “You have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.” George Lucas
4. “We are all living in cages with the door wide open.” George Lucas
5. “If you want to be successful in a particular field, perseverance is one of the key qualities.” George Lucas
6. “Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.” George Lucas
7. “Working hard is very important. You’re not going to get anywhere without extremely hard.” George Lucas
8. “Don’t avoid the cliches – they are cliches because they work!” George Lucas
9. “The best way to pursue happiness is to help other people. Nothing else will make you happier.” George Lucas
10. “The secret to film is that it’s an illusion.” George Lucas
11. “Storytelling is about two things; it’s about character and plot.” George Lucas
12. “A director makes 100 decisions an hour. If you don’t know how to make the right decision, you’re not a director.” George Lucas
13. “Even is high school I was very interested in history – why people do the things they do. As a kid, I spent a lot of time trying to relate the past to the present.” George Lucas
14. “Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality.” George Lucas
15. “Dreams are extremely important. You can’t do it unless you imagine it.” George Lucas
16. “I live a reasonably simple life, off the beaten track.” George Lucas
17. “I’m not much of a math and science guy. I spent most of my time in school daydreaming and managed to turn it into a living.” George Lucas
18. “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” George Lucas
19. “It’s ok to lose; just don’t lose the lesson.” George Lucas
20. “One thing about Star Wars that I’m really proud of is that it expands the imagination.” George Lucas
21. “Education is the single most important job of the human race.” George Lucas
22. “There should be a point to movies. Sure, you’re giving people a diversion from the cold war for a bit, but at the same time, you pass on some facts and rules and maybe a little bit of wisdom.” George Lucas
23. “The way I define ‘intelligent design’ is that when people started out, we wanted to make sense of the world we live in, so we created stories about how things worked.” George Lucas
24. “Everybody has talent, it’s just a matter of moving around until you’ve discovered what it is.” George Lucas
25. “Good luck has it’s storm.” George Lucas
26. “It’s in the doing that you prove yourself.” George Lucas
27. “The secret is not to give up hope. It’s very hard not to because if you’re really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.” George Lucas
28. “Star Wars is fun, it’s exciting, ist inspirational, and people respond to that. It’s what they want.” George Lucas
29. “Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that’s one of the hardest things to do because you don’t always know exactly where you’re going, and you shouldn’t.” George Lucas
30. “A lot of people like to do certain things, but they’re not that good at it. Keep going through the things that you like to do until you find something that you actually seem to be extremely good at. It can be anything.” George Lucas