My Race Quotes

48 quotes by 41 authors

My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity. — Arthur Ashe
I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them. — Amanda Beard
I wanted to run my race. I didn't want to sit there and play games and see who could kick the hardest. I wanted it… — Marla Runyan
I have the world heavyweight title not because it was 'given' to me, not because of my race or religion, but because I won it… — Muhammad Ali
I sincerely hope that I shall always be a credit to my race, and to the motion picture industry. — Hattie McDaniel
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, fellow members of the motion picture industry and honored guests: This is one of the happiest moments of… — Hattie McDaniel
Now, suppose a Negro does something really magnificent, and I glory, not in the benefit to mankind, but in the fact that the doer was… — Zora Neale Hurston
I am not satisfied in making money for myself. I endeavor to provide employment for hundreds of the women of my race. — Madam C. J. Walker
In spite of everything that was done to me and my race, in spite of the adversity and the bitter moments, again we rise. — Maya Angelou
Many track and field people know that if I stay relaxed and run my race like I'm supposed to, I will be the winner at… — Asafa Powell
I know that my race must change. — Chief Joseph
I cannot help wondering sometimes what I might have become and might have done if I had lived in a country which had not circumscribed… — Mary Church Terrell
I didn't think of myself as an outsider because of my race because... where I grew up I was the same race as almost everyone… — Jamaica Kincaid
I have not contended for Democrat, Republican, Protestant or Baptist for an agent. I have worked for freedom, I have laboured to give my race… — Sarah Winnemucca
Overall my race hasn't been a problem. I'm a black artist with white skin. At the end of the day you have to sing what's… — Teena Marie
In truth, Iâ€™m not my body, my race, religion, or other beliefs, and neither is anyone else. The real self is infinite and much more… — Anita Moorjani
I'm not interested in living in a world where my race is not a part of who I am. I am interested in living in… — Kerry Washington
I want to be representative of my race-the human race. I have a chance to show how kind we can be, how intelligent and generous… — Maya Angelou
I can take a job with an affirmative action employer without having my co-workers on the job suspect that I got it because of my… — Peggy McIntosh
Why would I try to change who I look like, what my race is? No. No no no. You are beautiful because thatâ€™s the skin… — Shay Mitchell

Who Wrote These My Race Quotes

41 authors contributed a total of 48 My Race Quotes, led by these top contributors: