Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.

Quote by Shirley Chisholm

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It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need...

It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need...

Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a...

Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a...

When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.

When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.

At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere...

At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere...

Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being...

Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being...

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress...

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress...

The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two...

The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two...

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality,...

There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality,...

I don't measure America by its achievement but by its potential.

I don't measure America by its achievement but by its potential.

The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: It's a...

The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: It's a...

Congress seems drugged and inert most of the time... its idea of meeting a problem...

Congress seems drugged and inert most of the time... its idea of meeting a problem...

Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a...

Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a...

In the end antiblack, antifemale, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same...

In the end antiblack, antifemale, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same...

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give...

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give...

I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive.

I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive.

Of all the things I have done, the most vital is coordinating the talents of...

Of all the things I have done, the most vital is coordinating the talents of...

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use...

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use...

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.