Quotes & Sayings About Diversity Maya Angelou

I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted. — Bernadette Peters

Irony and disproportion are all God's way. He keeps us off balance with his unpredictable connections. We think we know how to do something big, and God makes it small. We think that all we have is weak and small, and God makes it big. — John Piper

What the best novels and novelists do is to offer a different way of seeing. — Aminatta Forna

Prolong not the past Invite not the future Do not alter your innate wakefulness Fear not appearances There in nothing more than this — Ram Dass

Affliction is a bruising of a blessing; but it is a blessing from the hand of God. — Kara Tippetts

We fail even if we do our best, because our best is someone else's good. — M.F. Moonzajer

Baptism pertains to the Church alone. — Cyprian

Lovers think quite different thoughts
while lying side by side. — Maya Angelou

This is education, understood as a help to life; an education from birth, which feeds a peaceful revolution and unites all in a common aim, attracting them as to a single centre. Mothers, fathers, politicians: all must combine in their respect and help for this delicate work of formation, which the little child carries on in the depth of a profound psychological mystery, under the tutelage of an inner guide. This is the bright new hope for mankind. — Maria Montessori

Our ultimate weapon is not our guns but our beliefs ... Ours are not Western values. They are the universal values of the human spirit and anywhere, any time, ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same. Freedom not tyranny. Democracy not dictatorship. The rule of law not the rule of the secret police. The spread of freedom is the best security for the free. It is our last line of defence and our first line of attack. — Tony Blair

Christians can not truly evangelize unless they are prepared to be evangelized in the process. In sharing the good news, people are enriched by the spiritual insights, honest questions and depth of devotion demonstrated by those of other faiths. Including others involves listening to them, learning from them. Much of what exists in other faiths may not necessarily be hostile to the kingdom. Christians can learn a lot from other walks of life. — Eddie Gibbs

Darwinism is dynamic. It is about change, not stasis; about process, not pattern; about tales, not tableaux; about becoming, not being. — Henry Gee

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. — Maya Angelou

We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color. — Maya Angelou

Dreams decompose, darling, < ... > like anything else. And they give off gases, some of which are poisonous and all of which are unpleasant, and so one goes away from the place in which the dreams were dreamed, and are now decomposing before your very eyes. Otherwise, you might die, dear, of monoxide poisoning. — Andrew Holleran

Just being a mother is making me a big, weepy mess. — Jessica Alba

When I was young, about 18 or 19, I read all the Dostoyevsky novels, which made me want to go to St. Petersburg. So I went, and I was so inspired. — Tadashi Shoji

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. — Albert Einstein