"I swear to the Lord I still can’t see why democracy means everybody but me."
- Langston Hughes
Awareness
"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly."
- Langston Hughes
Hope
""The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the top of the scale, so vehement and intense his life ... The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds—how many human aspirations are realized in their free, holiday-lives—and how many suggestions to the poet in their flight and song!""
- Langston Hughes
Inspiration
"What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"
- Langston Hughes
Adversity
"Cheap little rhymes, a cheap little tune, are sometimes as dangerous as a sliver of the moon."
- Langston Hughes
Creativity
"You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction."
- George Lorimer
Determination
"The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity."
- Amelia Earhart
Determination
"When I believe in something, I’m like a dog with a bone."
- Melissa McCarthy
Determination
"Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right."
- Walt Disney
Determination
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
- Theodore Roosevelt
Determination