Father Quotes by Yolanda King

I know that no matter what is said about Martin the King Jr., what he contributed, what he gave, what he meant, what he…

— Yolanda King

My father was bigger than life, an entity and everyone expected us, as his offspring, to be saintettes, these little carbon copies.

— Yolanda King

Til I was about eight or nine, I had no awareness he was anybody special. Since all our friends were in the movement, I…

— Yolanda King

At 16, I went to Smith College in Massachusetts and that was right after the peak of the civil-rights movement and all the rest.…

— Yolanda King

I try to understand people who do violence. I try to understand what they are feeling and experiencing.

— Yolanda King

I wrote my first play when I was eight. It was about a queen, and I - of course! - was the queen.

— Yolanda King

I am an artist with very strong social and political concerns.

— Yolanda King

I have such strong memories of my Daddy.

— Yolanda King

What we need to do is learn to respect and embrace our differences until our differences don't make a difference in how we are…

— Yolanda King

A feeling of self worth is the best accomplishment we can foster in our prisons.

— Yolanda King

We must celebrate difference until difference doesn't make a difference in the way we treat each other.

— Yolanda King

And you don't have to be a preacher to carry on. That's why I've gone into the theater, with my mother's blessings, and someday…

— Yolanda King

You see, for the most part it was a normal upbringing. Sure, there was the Nobel Peace award; sure, there were people coming to…

— Yolanda King

To do peace, you must get up off your apathy.

— Yolanda King

My mother supported me from the beginning and never said you should be an activist or civil rights leader or minister.

— Yolanda King