Quotation by

William Graham Sumner

Men never cling to their dreams with such tenacity as at the moment when they are losing faith in them, and know it, but do not dare yet to confess it to themselves.

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When people begin to doubt their dreams, they often hold on even tighter to them because they are afraid to admit the loss of belief. This struggle happens in the private moment before they consciously accept that their hopes may not come true.

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