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

Quote by Shirley Chisholm

Topics: Social Service Quotes

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three...

Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three...

A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his...

A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his...

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

I do not want to die...until I have faithfully made the most of my talent...

I do not want to die...until I have faithfully made the most of my talent...

Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.

Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork