Activist Quote by Anne Lamott

I was influenced by my children's education in Quaker schools in the Philadelphia area. I experienced a spiritual awakening and became a Christian, was…

— Mike Berenstain

My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was…

— David Soul

I had a lot of very religious influences - Christian religious.

— David Cassidy

I was completely surrounded by religion from a young time. I was taught by my father. I engaged in discussions with him and many…

— Feisal Abdul Rauf

I grew up with a religious background.

— Alex Caruso

I grew up with a very religious background.

— Clarence Clemons

I was raised in a very activist household so that I grew up surrounded by people who were activists.

— Pearl Cleage

My upbringing was in the church. We had to attend regularly. And, of course, the church provided a training ground for me, so to…

— Aretha Franklin

My mother was the influence in my life. She was strong; she had great faith in the ultimate triumph of justice and hard work.…

— John H. Johnson

My upbringing was pretty interesting. It was a rigorous, intellectual upbringing, but with the idea that we were a part of an important and…

— Eliza Griswold

I had a very moral upbringing, and spiritual in a sort of not very specific way.

— James Taylor

I was a young woman who had grown up in the mountains of Montana as a Protestant Methodist in a pretty good social gospel…

— Diana L. Eck