"No one will do for you what you……" — Dorothy Height
"No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. We have to see that all of us are in the same boat."
—
Dorothy Height
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
23 Quotes by Dorothy Height
Dorothy Height has 23 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we…
-
My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that…
-
We are not a problem people, we are people with problems.
-
I am the product of many whose lives have touched mine, from the famous, distinguished, and powerful to the little…
-
We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.
-
If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time.
-
Civil rights are civil rights. There are no persons who are not entitled to their civil rights. We have to…
-
If the times aren't ripe, you have to ripen the times.
-
We have to realize we are building a movement.
-
I think of my life as a unity of circles. Some are concentric, others overlap, but they all connect in…
-
I want to be remembered as one who tried.
-
The Black family of the future will foster our liberation, enhance our self-esteem, and shape our ideas and goals.
See all 23 quotes by Dorothy Height »
More Afford Quotes
This quote is filed under Afford Quotes,
one of 1,301 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.
— Hannah Arendt
-
When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.
— Arthur Ashe
-
When kids can't afford to see it anymore maybe we'll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America…
— Lester Bangs
-
I mean the interesting thing I think would be if something happened like, what happened in England where all these…
— Lester Bangs
-
A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.
— James A. Baldwin
-
Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with…
— George Matthew Adams
-
I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college…
— Dave Barry
-
Now, if you're Al Gore, you can afford $10 a pop for squiggly-pig-tailed fluorescent light bulbs. But if you're mainstream…
— Joe Barton
-
Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its…
— William Beveridge
-
No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation.
— Theodore Bikel
-
I get to hear the really good or the really bad things in the press, but I don't read it.…
— Bono
-
In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it…
— Christian Nestell Bovee
See all 1,301 Afford Quotes »