Marian Anderson Quotes

• If you have a purpose in which you can believe, there's no end to the amount of things you can accomplish.

  Marian Anderson

  Believe, Kwanzaa, Purpose

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• When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black; I don't want them to see that my face is white - I want them to see my soul. And that is colorless.

  Marian Anderson

  White, Soul, Black

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• You lose a lot of time, hating people.

  Marian Anderson

  Hate, People, Criticism

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• As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

  Marian Anderson

  Inspirational, Positive, Women

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• Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.

  Marian Anderson

  Friendship, Good Friend, Insightful

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• Prejudice: Sometimes it's like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.

  Marian Anderson

  Hate, Hair, Prejudice

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• There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they know it is right. But they hesitate, waiting for the other fellow to make the make the first move - and he, in turn, waits for you.

  Marian Anderson

  Broken Heart, Integrity, Moving

  Marian Anderson (1956). “My Lord, what a Morning: An Autobiography”, p.312, University of Illinois Press

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

  Marian Anderson

  Happiness, Inspiring, Success

  Marian Anderson (1956). “My Lord, what a Morning: An Autobiography”, p.241, University of Illinois Press

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

  Marian Anderson

  Inspirational, Dream, Might

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• 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.

  Marian Anderson

  Character, African American, Black

  Marian Anderson (1956). “My Lord, what a Morning: An Autobiography”, p.42, University of Illinois Press

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• Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs
  of those who would be affected by it

  Marian Anderson

  Leadership, Education, Understanding

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• There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they know it is right. But they hesitate, waiting for theother fellow to make the first move--and he, in turn, waits for you. The minute a person whose word means a great deal dares to take the open- hearted and courageous way, many others follow. Not everyone can be turned aside from meanness and hatred, but the great majority of Americans is heading in that direction. I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.

  Marian Anderson

  Country, Moving, Heart

  Marian Anderson (1956). “My Lord, what a Morning: An Autobiography”, p.312, University of Illinois Press

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• Prayer begins where human capacity ends.

  Marian Anderson

  Christian, Peace, Prayer

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• You can't build a chimney from the top, you know.

  Marian Anderson

  Work, Chimneys, Knows

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• I suppose I might insist on making issues of things. But that is not my nature, and I always bear in mind that my mission is to leave behind me the kind of impression that will make it easier for those who follow.

  Marian Anderson

  Memories, Issues, Mind

  Marian Anderson (1956). “My Lord, what a Morning: An Autobiography”, p.244, University of Illinois Press

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• The minute a person whose word means a great deal dares to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.

  Marian Anderson

  Mean, Way, Courageous

  Marian Anderson (1956). “My Lord, what a Morning: An Autobiography”, p.312, University of Illinois Press

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• I had gone to Europe . . . to reach for a place as a serious artist, but I never doubted that I must return. I was - and am - an American.

  Marian Anderson

  Artist, Europe, Doubt

  Marian Anderson (1956). “My Lord, what a Morning: An Autobiography”, p.159, University of Illinois Press

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• A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God... When you have been given something in a moment of grace, it is sacrilegious to be greedy.

  Marian Anderson

  Grace, Singers, Moments

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

  Marian Anderson

  Country, People, Patriotism

  Marian Anderson (1956). “My Lord, what a Morning: An Autobiography”, p.312, University of Illinois Press

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• Where there is money, there is fighting.

  Marian Anderson

  Money, Fighting

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• Sometimes you're overwhelmed when a thing comes, and you do not realize the magnitude of the affair at that moment. When you get away from it, you wonder, did it really happen to you.

  Marian Anderson

  Overwhelmed, Sometimes, Wonder

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• You cannot fool an audience.

  Marian Anderson

  Fool, Audience

  Marian Anderson (1956). “My Lord, what a Morning: An Autobiography”, University of Illinois Press

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• A person has to be busy to be alive.

  Marian Anderson

  Alive, Busy, Persons

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