Marian Anderson

The minute a person whose word means a great deal dares to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.

— Marian Anderson

“Sometimes racial prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but…

— Marian Anderson

Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it

— Marian Anderson

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.

— Marian Anderson

I forgave the DAR many years ago. You lose a lot of time hating people.

— Marian Anderson

None of us is responsible for the...

— Marian Anderson

Prejudice: Sometimes it's like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you…

— Marian Anderson

I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.

— Marian Anderson

None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or…

— Marian Anderson

When you stop having dreams and ideals - well, you might as well stop altogether.

— Marian Anderson

Sometimes you're overwhelmed when a thing comes, and you do not realize the magnitude of the affair at that moment. When you…

— Marian Anderson

The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others…

— Marian Anderson

There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they know it is right. But they hesitate,…

— Marian Anderson

Prayer begins where human capacity ends.

— Marian Anderson

Everyone has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.

— Marian Anderson

You can't build a chimney from the top, you know.

— Marian Anderson

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so…

— Marian Anderson

I had gone to Europe . . . to reach for a place as a serious artist, but I never doubted that…

— Marian Anderson

No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and as long as you keep a…

— Marian Anderson

I suppose I might insist on making issues of things. But that is not my nature, and I always bear in mind…

— Marian Anderson

You cannot fool an audience.

— Marian Anderson

If you have a purpose in which you can believe, there's no end to the amount of things you can accomplish.

— Marian Anderson

Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.

— Marian Anderson

You lose a lot of time, hating people.

— Marian Anderson

A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God... When you have been given something in a moment of…

— Marian Anderson