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Diversity Quotes by Maya Angelou
- It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
- Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
- The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
- We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races,…
- We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in…
- If I could give you one thought, it would be to lift someone up. Lift a stranger up--lift her up. I would ask you, mother…
- In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
More Diversity Quotes
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. — Bella Abzug
- My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity. — Arthur Ashe
- The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that… — Chinua Achebe
- The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. — Lord Acton
- You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now. — Joan Baez
- A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself. — Walter Bagehot
- We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us - not our effects on others. — Pearl Bailey
- We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. — Abigail Adams
- I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from… — Mikhail Bakunin
- Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. — James A. Baldwin
- A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. — James A. Baldwin