Privilege Quotes

1269 quotes by 983 authors

When a freedom is taken away from you, I suppose, you recognize it as a privilege, not a right. — Jodi Picoult
Animals share with us the privilege of having a soul. — Pythagoras
I didn't realize then what a privilege that was: to be bored with your best friend; to have time to waste. — Lauren Oliver
Our duty is very simple and plain. We want to serve the community, and in our own humble way to serve the Empire. We believe… — Mahatma Gandhi
What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude. — BrenÃ© Brown
...as we rise from the organic and sink back ignominiously into the organic, it is a glory and a privilege to love what Death doesn't… — Donna Tartt
That life - whatever else it is - is short. That fate is cruel but maybe not random. That Nature (meaning Death) always wins but… — Donna Tartt
Equal rights for all, special privileges for none — Thomas Jefferson
We discovered that peace at any price is no peace at all. We discovered that life at any price has no value whatever; that life… — Eve Curie
We adore titles and heredities in our hearts and ridicule them with our mouths. This is our democratic privilege. — Mark Twain
What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear. What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer. — Joseph M. Scriven
I am prepared to sacrifice every so-called privilege I possess in order to have a few rights. — Inez Milholland
Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege. — John D. Rockefeller
Were the offer made true, I would engage to run again, from beginning to end, the same career of life. All I would ask should… — Benjamin Franklin
Freedom, privileges, options, must constantly be exercised, even at the risk of inconvenience. — Jack Vance
Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation — C. Everett Koop
There is nothing to which men cling more tenaciously than the privileges of class. — Leonard Woolf
Poverty is not something people impose on themselves for want of effort and community organisation. It is constructed by divisive and discriminatory laws, inflexible organisations,… — Pete Townshend
Be grateful for the joy of life. Be glad for the privilege of work. Be thankful for the opportunity to give and serve. Good work… — Grenville Kleiser
Anyone who has not known that inestimable privilege can possibly realize what good fortune it is to grow up in a home where there are… — Suzanne La Follette

Who Wrote These Privilege Quotes

983 authors contributed a total of 1,269 Privilege Quotes, led by these top contributors: