deferred

What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? ...
Or  does it explode?

Langston Hughes

when

When your dreams turn to dust, vacuum.

Anonymous

real

Dreams are real while they are happening. Can we say anymore about life?

Havelock Ellis

illusion

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Voltaire

ridicule

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Oscar Wilde

life

If your life was complete, you'd be dead.

Joshua Wisenbaker

gentle

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Mahatma Gandhi

shape

Memories establish the past;
Senses perceive the present;
Imaginations shape the future.

Toba Beta

reality

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Albert Einstein

ignorance

Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.

Plato

the end

In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of thing not meant for you.

Lord Buddha

you

And now that you don't have to be perfect,
you can be good.

John Steinbeck

succeed

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Thomas Edison

careful

If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.

Malcolm X

moment

Be happy for this moment.
This moment is your life.

Omar Khayyam

loss

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.

Norman Cousins

life

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.

Charles R. Swindoll

right

We can always count on the Americans to do the right thing, after they have exhausted all the other possibilities.

Winston S. Churchill

counts

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

Albert Einstein

elect

A people that elect corrupt politicians, impostors, thieves and traitors are not victims... but accomplices.

George Orwell

sadness

Sadness is a wall between two gardens.

Khalil Gibran

surprising

Surprising yourself is what makes life worth living.

Oscar Wilde

change

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

Carol Burnett

not careful

If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.

Malcolm X

dream

My dream is of a place and time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.

Abraham Lincoln

possible

Trust the wait.
Embrace the uncertainty.
Enjoy the beauty of becoming.
When nothing is certain, anything is possible.

Mandy Hale

give

Give freely to the world these gifts of love and compassion. Do not concern yourself with how much you receive in return, just know in your hear it will be returned.

Steve Maraboli

he

He who does not oppose evil, commands it to be done.

Leonardo Da Vinci