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Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech at the Lord Mayor’s Luncheon, Mansion House, London (10 November 1942)
- War & Peace
I would like to see us overcome our tribal divisions and begin to think and act as if we were one family. That would be real globalisation…
Arthur C. Clarke1917–200890th Birthday Reflections (2007)
If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America.
Eldridge Cleaver1935–1998Soul on Ice (1968)
- Change
- Race
And not by eastern windows only,
When daylight comes, comes in the light,
In front, the sun climbs slow, how slowly,
But westward, look, the land is bright.
Arthur Hugh Clough1819–1861Say Not the Struggle Nought Availeth (1855)In context
In front, the sun climbs slow, how slowly,
But westward, look, the land is bright.
Arthur Hugh Clough1819–1861Say Not the Struggle Nought Availeth (1855)In context
Work without Hope draws nectar in a sieve,
And Hope without an object cannot live.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge1772–1834Work without Hope (1825), ll. 13-14
- Work
Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love — and to put its trust in life!!
Joseph Conrad1857–1924Victory: An Island Tale, part IV, Ch. 14
- Love
- Youth
Over the river a golden ray of sun came through the hosts of leaden rain clouds.
Stephen Crane1871–1900The Red Badge of Courage (1895), Chapter XXIVIn context
- Nature
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair
Charles Dickens1812–1870A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Book the First: Recalled to Life, Chapter IIn context
- History
I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss, and, in their struggles to be truly free, in their triumphs and defeats, through long years to come, I see the evil of this time and of the previous time of which this is the natural birth, gradually making expiation for itself and wearing out.
Charles Dickens1812–1870A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Book the Third: The Track of a Storm, Chapter XVIn context
- Freedom
I took her hand in mine, and we went out of the ruined place; and, as the morning mists had risen long ago when I first left the forge, so the evening mists were rising now, and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed to me, I saw no shadow of another parting from her.
Charles Dickens1812–1870Great Expectations (1861), Chapter LIXIn context
- Love
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul⁠—and sings the tunes without the words⁠—and never stops at all.
Emily Dickinson1830–1886“Hope” is the thing with feathers (1891)In context
I’ve heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
Emily Dickinson1830–1886“Hope” is the thing with feathers (1891), “”Hope” is the thing with feathers” (1891)In context
To the youngsters of today, I say believe in the future, the world is getting better; there still is plenty of opportunity.
Walt Disney1901–1966The Quotable Walt Disney (2001)
- Youth
Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader, and fuller life.
W. E. B. Du Bois1868–1963Last message to the world (written 1957); read at his funeral (1963)
- Life & Death