Check out these Famous Langston Hughes Quotes! These famous African American quotes are intelligent words to remember and motivate each and every day. You might recognize some of these Langston Hughes famous quotes but others might be new to you. Check out our other inspirational quotes as well.
He had quite the way with words! His words are a reminder that tomorrow is another day and that we are free to choose our paths in life and what we want to do.
Enjoy these words and quotes from the famous writer, Langston Hughes.
Writers really do have a way with words. While he was famous for many writings, here are some of his more famous quotes that he is remembered for today.
Famous Langston Hughes Quotes
Check out these famous Langston Hughes quotes below.
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?… Or does it explode?
That’s a good question. Why waste a dream if you don’t have to?
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
Don’t let your dreams die. Never give up trying.
I’ve known rivers: 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.
Learning who you are in life is key.
When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.
Caring and love can really help heal the world.
I will not take ‘but’ for an answer.
We can all remember this. “But” is not an answer!
I swear to the Lord I still can’t see Why Democracy means Everybody but me.
Never single anyone out.
I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
If you want to do it, you can make it happen.
I stay cool, and dig all jive, That’s the way I stay alive. My motto, as I live and learn, is Dig and be dug In return.
Be a cool cat in life and you’ll go far.
Humor is laughing at what you haven’t got when you ought to have it.
That just might be the key to life.
Violent anger makes me physically ill.
Violence is never the answer.
In all my life, I have never been free. I have never been able to do anything with freedom, except in the field of my writing.
Work hard to get rewarded and feel free.
Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people – the beauty within themselves.
Being an artist can mean so many different things.
Black History Month and Poem Resources:
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- The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
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Wednesday 3rd of February 2021
Learning who you are in life is key.