Langston Hughes

"Life without purpose is life without meaning."

"I believe that every person has the capacity for greatness."

"The road to success is paved with failure and persistence."

"I am not my circumstances; I am my choices."

"Tomorrow is a new page in the book of your life."

"I have learned that love is the greatest force for change."

"The weak are made strong through community and mutual support."

"I choose hope even in the darkest of times."

"I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers."

"Life for me ain't been no crystal stair, but I keeps on climbing."

"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."

"I think it is wonderful the way you said that. Life is for the living."

"What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"

"We need to be free to create, and creation thrives where there is equality and justice."

"The night is beautiful when you have someone to share it with."

"I want to write about simple people who do simple things and have simple dreams."

"Music is life itself. What would this world be without good music? No life at all."

"Every one of us has the capacity to learn, to grow, and to change."

"In a world that is constantly trying to make you something else, it is the greatest accomplishment to stay true to yourself."

"The arts are not just entertainment; they are a doorway to understanding ourselves and each other."

"Laughter is the best medicine for the soul when the world feels heavy."

"I am my mother's son. She taught me to dream and to fight for those dreams."

"There are so many ways to be beautiful, and not a single one involves changing who you are."

"Tomorrow belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams today."

"We have tomorrow bright before us like a flame."

"I have discovered that I have the power within me to create my own destiny."

"Folks, I'm telling you, it's a wonderful time to be alive when you choose to live fully."

"The poet's role is to speak for those who have no voice in the halls of power."

"Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops."

"I learned about life the hard way, on the streets, and that education was worth more than any degree."