John Hope Quotes (12 Quotes)

One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story.

What we are having difficulty with right now is finding the voice,

If money, education, and honesty will not bring to me as much privilege, as much equality as they bring to any American citizen, then they are to me a curse, and not a blessing.

Possibly the most important phase to recovery is getting the life back to normal again, ... And what we're talking about here in Corvallis is assisting people who want to get their lives back to normal, and who cannot go back to the life that is in the Gulf Coast because of Katrina.

If we only have five families that want to relocate, that is wonderful, ... We will have done what we should.

There's a great desire in people after a tragedy like this to go back to their lives as it was, ... This may not be possible for some.

Dissatisfaction with possession and achievement is one of the requisites to further achievement.

If we are not striving for equality, in heaven's name for what are we living.

We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths... and tell the world the glories of our journey.

I grew up thinking that you were supposed to read and write all your waking hours.

We have sat on the river bank and caught catfish with pin hooks. The time has come to harpoon a whale.

Rise, Brothers Come let us possess this land. Never say Let well enough alone . . . Be discontented. Be dissatisfied.