The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
LH Langston HughesPoet · 1901–1967What this quote means
Hughes treats dreams as essential to a living spirit. Lose them and something in us is grounded; keep them and we stay able to rise.
Context
Poet of the Harlem Renaissance who held fast to dreams and gave voice to everyday hope.
This line is among the quotes by Langston Hughes that readers return to on motivation, drawn from Dreams (1922) — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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