Open your heart, and life will provide unlimited abundance.
Langston Hughes
Hope, Optimism, Spirituality, Personal Growth, Inner Wisdom
Langston Hughes’s Quotes On Topics
Mindset | Sensory Experience | Communication | Rain | Social Critique | Patronization | Deception | Self-discipline | Personal Preferences | Self-description | Despair | Patience | Tranquility | Purpose | Introspection | Personal Empowerment | Emotional Solace | Comfort | Black Experience | Challenges | More
More Langston Hughes Quotes
“Good evening, daddy! Ain't you heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred?” Langston Hughes
Dreams Deferred, Music, Social Commentary, Rhythm, African American Experience
Langston Hughes Dreams Deferred, Music, Social Commentary, Rhythm, African American Experience“Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air, and you.” Langston Hughes
Humor, Refreshment, Metaphor, Emotional Healing, Personal Growth
Langston Hughes Humor, Refreshment, Metaphor, Emotional Healing, Personal Growth“The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night And I love the rain.” Langston Hughes
Rain, Sleep, Nature, Love, Sensory Experience
Langston Hughes Rain, Sleep, Nature, Love, Sensory Experience“Folks, I'm telling you, birthing is hard and dying is mean- so get yourself a little loving in between.” Langston Hughes
Life, Love, Wisdom, Human Experience, Philosophical Advice
Langston Hughes Life, Love, Wisdom, Human Experience, Philosophical Advice“I live in Harlem, New York City. I am unmarried. I like 'Tristan,' goat's milk, short novels, lyric poems, heat, simple folk, boats and bullfights; I dislike 'Aida,' parsnips, long novels, narrative poems, cold, pretentious folk, buses and bridges.” Langston Hughes
Personal Preferences, Self-description, Likes And Dislikes, Artistic Tastes, Lifestyle
Langston Hughes Personal Preferences, Self-description, Likes And Dislikes, Artistic Tastes, Lifestyle“Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind.” Langston Hughes
Youth, Mindset, Age, Perspective, Personal Philosophy
Langston Hughes Youth, Mindset, Age, Perspective, Personal Philosophy“Wear it like a banner For the proud? Not like a shroud.” Langston Hughes
Pride, Identity, Expression, Cultural Significance, Empowerment
Langston Hughes Pride, Identity, Expression, Cultural Significance, Empowerment“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” Langston Hughes
Struggle, Progress, Perseverance, Motivation, Social Change
Langston Hughes Struggle, Progress, Perseverance, Motivation, Social Change“Both of them were very good and kind – the one who went to church and the one who didn't. And no doubt from them I learned to like both Christians and sinners equally well.” Langston Hughes
Tolerance, Kindness, Religious Diversity, Personal Growth, Human Equality
Langston Hughes Tolerance, Kindness, Religious Diversity, Personal Growth, Human Equality“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.” Langston Hughes
Dreams, Hope, Perseverance, Metaphorical Imagery, Life Philosophy
Langston Hughes Dreams, Hope, Perseverance, Metaphorical Imagery, Life Philosophy“My chief literary influences have been Paul Laurence Dunbar, Carl Sandburg, and Walt Whitman. My favorite public figures include Jimmy Durante, Marlene Dietrich, Mary McLeod Bethune, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Marian Anderson, and Henry Armstrong.” Langston Hughes
Literary Influences, Personal Heroes, Diverse Inspirations, Cultural Figures, African American Culture
Langston Hughes Literary Influences, Personal Heroes, Diverse Inspirations, Cultural Figures, African American Culture“The silence inside the library, the big chairs, and long tables, and the fact that the library was always there and didn’t seem to have a mortgage on it, or any sort of insecurity about it – all of that made me love it.” Langston Hughes
Library, Solitude, Comfort, Love Of Reading, Intellectual Sanctuary
Langston Hughes Library, Solitude, Comfort, Love Of Reading, Intellectual Sanctuary“Writing is like travelling. It's wonderful to go somewhere, but you get tired of staying.” Langston Hughes
Writing, Creativity, Exploration, Metaphor, Artistic Journey
Langston Hughes Writing, Creativity, Exploration, Metaphor, Artistic Journey“People up today and down tomorrow, working this week and fired the next, beaten and baffled, but determined not to be wholly beaten, buying furniture on the installment plan, filling the house with roomers to help pay the rent, hoping to get a new suit for Easter – and pawning that suit before the Fourth of July.” Langston Hughes
Struggle, Resilience, Poverty, Hope, American Life
Langston Hughes Struggle, Resilience, Poverty, Hope, American Life“I don't dare start thinking in the morning. I don't dare start thinking in the morning. If I thought thoughts in bed, Them thoughts would bust my head – So I don't dare start thinking in the morning.” Langston Hughes
Fear, Anxiety, Overthinking, Mental Barriers, Psychological Struggle
Langston Hughes Fear, Anxiety, Overthinking, Mental Barriers, Psychological Struggle“Never look for a worm in the apple of your eye.” Langston Hughes
Love, Trust, Relationships, Metaphor, Wisdom
Langston Hughes Love, Trust, Relationships, Metaphor, Wisdom“Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows, Help us to see That without the dust the rainbow Would not be.” Langston Hughes
Hope, Spirituality, Balance, Life, Divine Assistance
Langston Hughes Hope, Spirituality, Balance, Life, Divine Assistance“I wish the rent Was heaven sent.” Langston Hughes
Poverty, Humor, Financial Struggle, Wishful Thinking, Social Commentary
Langston Hughes Poverty, Humor, Financial Struggle, Wishful Thinking, Social Commentary“We represent the end of race. And the Fascists know that when there is no more race, there will be no more capitalism, and no more war, and no more money for the munition makers, because the workers of the world will have triumphed.” Langston Hughes
Race, Capitalism, War, Workers’ Rights, Political Ideology
Langston Hughes Race, Capitalism, War, Workers’ Rights, Political Ideology