John Hope Quotes


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


Citations

Hope, John. Quoted in The Story of John Hope, by Ridgely Torrence, Macmillan, 1948.

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John Hope
John Hope
  • Born: June 2, 1868
  • Died: February 22, 1936
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Educator, Political Activist

John Hope, born in Augusta, Georgia, was an American educator and political activist, the first African-descended president of both Morehouse College in 1906 and of Atlanta University in 1929, where he worked to develop graduate programs. Both are historically Black colleges.