John Hope
John Hope
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth2 June 1868
CountryUnited States of America
difficulty finding
What we are having difficulty with right now is finding the voice,
desire great lives people possible tragedy
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.
achievement
Dissatisfaction with possession and achievement is one of the requisites to further achievement.
quotes supposed waking
I grew up thinking that you were supposed to read and write all your waking hours.
assisting cannot coast gulf life lives normal people phase possibly recovery talking
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.
bank catfish caught pin river sat time
We have sat on the river bank and caught catfish with pin hooks. The time has come to harpoon a whale.
glories
We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths... and tell the world the glories of our journey.
possess
Rise, Brothers! Come let us possess this land. Never say: "Let well enough alone" . . . Be discontented. Be dissatisfied.
families five
If we only have five families that want to relocate, that is wonderful, ... We will have done what we should.
bring education equality honesty
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.
It was necessary, as a black historian, to have a personal agenda.
begin cannot house
If the house is to be set in order, one cannot begin with the present; he must begin with the past.
inspirational motivational history
My challenge was to weave into the fabric of American history enough of the presence of blacks so that the story of the United States could be told adequately and fairly.
thinking white people
There's no reason in the world why black [people] should not be regarded as an attribute that is not degrading but is positive. There's no reason in the world why any person should think that white is degrading.