Quotes

The following is a compendium of quotations from different sources. Be inspired!

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

—Dr. Seuss

When Jesus Christ asked little children to come to him, he didn't say only rich children, or white children, or children with two-parent families, or children who didn't have a mental or physical handicap. He said, "Let all children come unto me."

—Marian Wright Edelman

The Bible contains 6 admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God dislikes heterosexuals. It's just that they need more supervision.

— entertainer Lynn Lavner

One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings.

— Franklin Thomas in Gloria Steinem, Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, 1983

The price of the democratic way of life is a growing appreciation of people's differences, not merely as tolerable, but as the essence of a rich and rewarding human experience.

— Jerome Nathanson

We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.

— Jimmy Carter

If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

— John F. Kennedy

Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival.

— Rene Dubos, Celebrations of Life, 1981

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.

— Albert Einstein

Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.