Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
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The past does not equal the future.
Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
Other men have seen angels, But I have seen thee, And thou art enough.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
You must motivate yourself every day.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
They call it a "Royale with Cheese".
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides and gravitation, we shall harness for god the energies of love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, we shall have discovered fire.
What's another word for thesaurus ?
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.
Cause Change & Lead. Accept Change & Survive. Resist Change & Die.
My experience will help, but I insist and maintain that art - true art that is - cannot be handed out. Furthermore, art is never decoration or embellishment. Instead it is a constant process of maturing.
It's always too soon to quit !
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
Where there is love there is life.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
Actions speak louder than words.
The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and your souls, the more you will strengthen the fabric of your relationship, and the more real moments you will experience together.
That dirty, double-crossin' rat !
Work spares us from three evils boredom, vice, and need.
Come to the edge. We can't. We're afraid. We can't. We will fall ! Come to the edge. And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew.
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination, full of hope.
A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn.
The greatest sign of a success for a teacher... is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist."
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
A chain is as strong as its weakest link.
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
A compliment is like a kiss through a veil.
I want the fairy tale.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
To infinity and beyond !
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
It is the true season of love when we know that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved before us, and that no one will ever love in the same way after us.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourself. Therefore, make your own future.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
You always succeed in producing a result.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
You need a good bedside manner with doctors or you will get nowhere.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
Do you think that there is a word that contains all of the vowels? Unquestionably.
Yo, Adrian !
Change your thoughts, change your life.
Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise.
Leadership is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
A strong person and a waterfall always channel their own path.
By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so first improve yourself today, and then your friends tomorrow.
If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.
To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give.” Tristan Bernard
No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -- unless you let him.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
If I had never met him, I would have dreamed him into being.
You're so money, and you don't even know it.
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
Come, let us make love deathless.
To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another.
No one is so poor as an ignorant person.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.
Recognize that transition has a characteristic shape.
Michael, we're bigger than U.S. Steel.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
Love can never grow old. Locks may lose their brown and gold. Cheeks may fade and hollow grow. But the hearts that love will know, never winter's frost and chill, summer's warmth is in them still.
Education means inspiring someones mind, not just filling their head.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
Funny like I'm a clown ? I amuse you ?
Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it back.
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
Fathers are like a lighthouse when there is fog his children can always depend on seeing the light.
Never stop learning. If you learn one new thing everyday, you will overcome 99% of your competition
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
Above all to thine own self be true.
Warriors, come out to play !
Having all the money in the world isn't much good if you can hardly get out of bed in the morning to enjoy it
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal ; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Procrastination is opportunities natural assassin.