“The past has been a mint Of blood and sorrow. That must not be True of tomorrow.”
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Hopeful Quotes — page 175 of 783
“A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer.”
“Don't talk about death, I've got too much life to live, To many orders to give.”
“A lot of people have a misconception of what the ghetto is all about. You know, it's only a small percentage of the people that are bad. Everybody else is good.”
“If you don't like who you are and where you are, don't worry about it because you're not stuck either with who you are or where you are. You can grow. You can change. You can be more than you are.”
“This morning did you wake up to an alarm clock or an opportunity clock?”
“Desire is what takes the hot water of mediocrity and turns it into the steam of outstanding success.”
“Every day, passion speaks to us through our feelings. That's why when you allow yourself to become anesthetized by what others think, you literally block yourself from living the life you were called to live. I promise you that if you make a choice that doesn't please your mate, your friends, your mother, or whoever, the world will not fall apart. The people who truly love you want you to love yourself.”
“Don't ever give up on yourself. Keep pushing because the change of guards is what life's all about.”
“You can be absolutely certain that when you feel you are being most unfairly tested, you are being prepared for great achievement.”
“Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it, and by the same token save it from that ruin which except for renewal, except for the coming of the new and the young, would be inevitable. And education, too, is where we decide whether we love our children enough not to expel them from our world and leave them to their own devices, nor to strike from their hands their chance of undertaking something new, something unforeseen by us, but to prepare them in advance for the task of renewing a common world.”
“We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return.”
“No matter what your current condition, how or where you grew up, or what education or training you feel you lack, you can be successful in your chosen endeavor. It is spirit, fortitude, and hardiness that matter more than where you start.”
“The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.”
“To do what you wanna do, to leave a mark - in a way that you think is important and lasting - that's a life well-lived.”
“History has taught us that freedom cannot long survive unless it is based on moral foundations. You can get the economics right, but in addition liberty must be cultivated as a moral quality.”
“Let us, then, draw together in the name, not of jingoism, but of justice”
“The first day of the rest of my life.”
“For America today organic architecture interprets (will eventually build) this local embodiment of human freedom. This natural architecture seeks spaciousness, grace and openness; lightness and strength so completely balanced and logical that it is a new integrity.”
“If education recognizes the intrinsic value of the child's personality and provides an environment suited to spiritual growth, we have the revelation of an entirely new child whose astonishing characteristics can eventually contribute to the betterment of the world.”