Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
Keep your face always toward the sunshine — and shadows will fall behind you.
WW Walt WhitmanPoet · 1819–1892What this quote means
You get to choose where you aim your attention. Face what gives light, and the day's shadows lose much of their grip on you.
Context
American poet of Leaves of Grass, who sang of the self, the open road, and the dignity of ordinary life.
This line is among the quotes by Walt Whitman that readers return to on motivation — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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