Langston Hughes

"There is something within you that you must feed, nurture, and listen to."

"I am not asking for much, just bread, work, and dignity."

"Whatever I do, wherever I go, I am always myself."

"The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow; that must not be true of the future."

"I learned that creativity and imagination were not for the select few."

"Those who have not suffered cannot understand the depth of joy."

"Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark."

"We should emphasize not Negro History, but the contributions of Negroes to American history."

"The more we learn, the richer we become in the capacity to understand."

"I am my grandmother's granddaughter, my mother's daughter, and my own person."

"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime."

"The beauty of regularity is that it goes unnoticed."

"There is always someone telling you you're wrong, but you must have faith in yourself."

"The world will not turn aside because of our suffering."

"If you want to uplift others, you must first know how to lift yourself."

"We must learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish as fools."

"The time for change is always now."

"Money without purpose is empty."

"A man's worth is not measured by his wages."

"We live in a sick society that devalues the human spirit."

"Good friends are hard to find and harder to leave."

"Life is what you make it, nothing more, nothing less."

"The greatest battles are fought in the quiet spaces of the heart."

"I choose to love despite the world's indifference."

"Books are mirrors that reflect our own experiences."

"Technology should serve humanity, not the other way around."

"Adventure begins where fear ends."

"The patient man will outlast the quick-tempered one."

"I am grateful for the struggles that have made me strong."