None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath.

Quote by Marian Anderson

Topics: Nature Quotes

Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find...

Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find...

You lose a lot of time, hating people.

You lose a lot of time, hating people.

Everyone has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a...

Everyone has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a...

Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find...

Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find...

Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would...

Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would...

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.

I suppose I might insist on making issues of things. But that is not my...

I suppose I might insist on making issues of things. But that is not my...

Prayer begins where human capacity ends.

Prayer begins where human capacity ends.

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be...

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be...

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be...

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be...

When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black. I...

When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black. I...

I forgave the DAR many years ago. You lose a lot of time hating people.

I forgave the DAR many years ago. You lose a lot of time hating people.

None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature...

None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature...

I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.

I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.

When you stop having dreams and ideals - well, you might as well stop altogether.

When you stop having dreams and ideals - well, you might as well stop altogether.

A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God... When you have...

A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God... When you have...

The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take...

The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take...

No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people,...

No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people,...

You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does...

You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does...

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush,...

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush,...

People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty

People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty