Privilege Quotes

• The more privilege you have, the more opportunity you have. The more opportunity you have, the more responsibility you have.

  Noam Chomsky

  Responsibility, Opportunity

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• Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!

  David O. McKay

  Love, Inspirational, Work

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• In theory we are all equal before the law. In practice, there are overwhelming privileges that come with winning the birth lottery.

  Arianna Huffington

  Winning, Equality, Law

  Arianna Huffington (2004). “Fanatics & Fools: How Politicians are Betraying the American People”, Miramax Books

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• The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Being Yourself, Appreciation

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  When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act.

  Albert Einstein

  Philosophy, Historical, Duty

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• Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

  Tony Robbins

  Motivational, Positive, Powerful

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Feb 06, 2015

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• A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Success, Witty, Memorial Day

  First Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1953

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• Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Motivational, Spiritual, Journey

  Oprah Winfrey (2014). “What I Know For Sure”, p.195, Macmillan

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• Poverty can teach lessons that privilege cannot.

  Jack Klugman

  Lessons, Poverty, Teach

  "Jack Klugman obituary" by Ronald Bergan, www.theguardian.com. December 25, 2012.

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• Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Enemy

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• Compassion for the other comes out of our ability to accept ourselves. Until we realize both our own weaknesses and our own privileges, we can never tolerate lack of status and depth of weakness in the other.

  Joan D. Chittister

  Compassion, Weakness, Depth

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• Life itself is a privilege, but to live life to the fullest- well, that is a choice.

  Andy Andrews

  Live Life, Choices, Wells

  FaceBook post by Andy Andrews from Aug 21, 2012

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• I was a child of privilege and I woke up to a world on fire.

  Bill Ayers

  Children, Fire, World

  "No Regrets for a Love Of Explosives; In a Memoir of Sorts, a War Protester Talks of Life With the Weathermen". Interview with Dinitia Smith, www.nytimes.com. September 11, 2001.

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• I acknowledge the privilege of being alive in a human body at this moment, endowed with senses, memories, emotions, thoughts, and the space of mind in its wisdom aspect.

  Alex Grey

  Memories, Philosophy, Medicine

  Alex Grey (2008). “Art Psalms”, p.126, North Atlantic Books

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• Our stories are not meant for everyone. Hearing them is a privilege, and we should always ask ourselves this before we share: "Who has earned the right to hear my story?" If we have one or two people in our lives who can sit with us and hold space for our shame stories, and love us for our strengths and struggles, we are incredibly lucky. If we have a friend, or small group of friends, or family who embraces our imperfections, vulnerabilities, and power, and fills us with a sense of belonging, we are incredibly lucky.

  Brené Brown

  Struggle, Two, Space

  "The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are". Book by Brené Brown, August 27, 2010.

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• Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. Remember, you don't live in a world all of your own

  Albert Schweitzer

  Attitude, Remember You, Remembers You

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• Do not complain about growing old. It is a privilege denied to many.

  Mark Twain

  Getting Older, Complaining, Growing

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• I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Kwanzaa, True Joy, Privilege And Responsibility

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• The more credible you are, the more confidence people place in you, thereby allowing you the privilege of influencing their lives.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, People, Influence

  John C. Maxwell (2005). “Developing the Leader Within You”, p.33, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Equal rights for all, special privileges for none

  Thomas Jefferson

  4th Of July, Equality, Rights

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• What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

  H. L. Mencken

  Leadership, Men, Rights

  H.L. Mencken (2013). “Minority Report”, p.34, Knopf

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• Be exceptional. Make tremendous efforts to be extraordinary. What a privilege to be here on the planet to contribute your unique donation to humankind. Just make sure you do so.

  Shelby Lynne

  Unique, Effort, Donation

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• The police can go to downtown Harlem and pick up a kid with a joint in the streets. But they can't go into the elegant apartments and get a stockbroker who's sniffing cocaine.

  Noam Chomsky

  Kids, White Privilege, Racism

  "Noam Chomsky: Smoke and Mirrors, or Civil Liberties Under President Obama". Interview with Mike Stivers, www.truth-out.org. April 24, 2013.

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• When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.

  Charles Evans Hughes

  Freedom, Carpe Diem, Diversity

  Address at Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, on the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1925.

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