“If I take a finger and touch you, you won't even know you've been tapped. If I take two fingers, you will know that something touched you. But if I bring all of those fingers together in a fist, I… — Dorothy Height Copy Share Image
Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient.… — Dorothy Height Copy Share
I think of my life as a unity of circles. Some are concentric, others overlap, but they all connect in some way. Sometimes the… — Dorothy Height Copy Share
A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can't take the same things for granted. — Dorothy Height Copy Share
The black woman had had to struggle against being a person of great strength. — Dorothy Height Copy Share
No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. We have to see that… — Dorothy Height Copy Share
There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights. — Dorothy Height Copy Share
When you're a black woman, you seldom get to do what you just want to do; you always do what you have to do. — Dorothy Height Copy Share
My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit. — Dorothy Height Copy Share
“We cannot afford to be separate. . . . We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.” — Dorothy Height Copy Share
