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The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.
Theodore Parker
We are all equal in the fact that we are all different. We are all the same in the fact that we will never be the same.
C. JoyBell C.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King Jr.
The power of hope is much stronger than hate.
Unknown
We must be the change we wish to see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Hope will never be silent.
Harvey Milk
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
Martin Luther King Jr.
The power of hope is much stronger than the power of despair.
Barack Obama
The struggle for justice doesn't end with me. It begins with me.
Marian Wright Edelman
The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace, and brotherhood.
Martin Luther King Jr.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Human rights are not a privilege granted by the few, they are a liberty entitled to all, and human dignity is not negotiable.
Ronald Reagan
The struggle for human rights is the struggle for life itself.
Nelson Mandela
The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
Nathaniel Branden
Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that create huge inequalities.
Pope Francis
Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity.
Mother Teresa
Human rights are not things that are put on the table for people to enjoy. These are things that you fight for and then you protect.
Wangari Maathai
Hope is the thing that holds us steady, the thing that keeps us moving forward, and the thing that will ultimately carry us to victory.
Michelle Obama
Human rights are not a privilege granted by the few, they are a liberty entitled to all, and human rights, by definition, include the rights of all humans, those in the dawn of life, the dusk of life, or the shadows of life.
Kay Granger
The only way to deal with fear is to face it head-on, and the only way to overcome it is to have hope.
Barack Obama
Hope is the belief that tomorrow will be better than today, and the knowledge that we have the power to make it so.
Bernie Sanders
Human rights are not negotiable, they are not subject to compromise, and they cannot be taken away.
Jimmy Carter
Hope is the light that shines in the darkness, and the darkness cannot overcome it.
John 1:5
Human rights are universal and indivisible, and they belong to every single one of us, regardless of our race, gender, or religion.
Kofi Annan
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It's the impetus for creating change.
Max Carver
Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.
Mohsin Hamid
Empathy is the antidote to shame. If you put shame in a Petri dish, it needs three things to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you put the same amount of shame in a Petri dish and douse it with empathy, it can't survive.
Brené Brown
Empathy is the gateway; compassion is the path; love is the destination.
Bryant McGill
Empathy is the ability to step outside of your own bubble and into the bubbles of other people.
C. JoyBell C.
Empathy is the key to conflict resolution, because once you see and understand another person's point of view, you can't unsee or un-understand it.
Simon Sinek
Empathy is the starting point for a better world.
Yehuda Berg
Empathy is the bridge that connects us to other people.
Unknown
Empathy is the foundation of human rights.
Bryant McGill
The highest result of education is tolerance.
Helen Keller
Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
John F. Kennedy
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Tolerance is the first principle of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think.
Helen Keller
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.
Ralph W. Sockman
Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.
G.K. Chesterton
Tolerance is a tremendous virtue, but the immediate neighbors of tolerance are apathy and weakness.
James Goldsmith
Tolerance is the only real test of civilization.
Arthur Helps
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
Martin Luther King Jr.
The only way to deal with fear is to face it head-on.
Nelson Mandela
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.
Desmond Tutu
The power of hope is much stronger than the power of fear.
Nelson Mandela
Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.
Moshe Dayan
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Nelson Mandela
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
Mahatma Gandhi
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Mahatma Gandhi
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
Steve Jobs
We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.
J.K. Rowling
Solidarity is not a matter of altruism. Solidarity comes from the inability to tolerate the affront to our own integrity of passive or active collaboration in the oppression of others, and from the deep recognition of our most expansive self-interest.
Aurora Levins Morales
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Compassion is the basis of morality.
Arthur Schopenhauer
The greatest gift you can give someone is your kindness and compassion.
Unknown
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals.
Pema Chödrön
Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self.
Russell Simmons
Compassion is the key to living outside the prison of your own pain.
Susan Piver
Compassion is the radicalism of our time.
Dalai Lama
Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.
Eric Hoffer
Compassion is the foundation of all forms of positive change, including human rights.
Anonymous
The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.
Barack Obama
Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.
Newt Gingrich
The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.
Jodi Picoult
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas Edison
The human capacity for burden is like bamboo - far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.
Jodi Picoult
I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear.
Rosa Parks
The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.
C.C. Scott
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.
Ernest Hemingway
Diversity is not about how we differ. Diversity is about embracing one another's uniqueness.
Ola Joseph
Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.
Mahatma Gandhi
Diversity is the collective mixture of differences and similarities that includes for example, individual and organizational characteristics, values, beliefs, experiences, backgrounds, preferences, and behaviors.
Lena Lid Falkman
We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.
Max de Pree
Diversity is not a burden to be tolerated, but a gift to be celebrated.
Unknown
Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common. Celebrate it every day.
Unknown
Diversity is not just a buzzword. It's about opening doors and minds to new ideas, cultures, and perspectives.
Unknown
Diversity is the mix. Inclusion is making the mix work.
Andrés Tapia
Inclusion is not a matter of political correctness. It is the key to growth.
Jesse Jackson
We are all different, which is great because we are all unique. Without diversity, life would be very boring.
Catherine Pulsifer
We are all equal in the fact that we are all different. We are all the same in the fact that we will never be the same. We are united by the reality that all colors and all cultures are distinct & individual. We are harmonious in the reality that we are all held to this earth by the same gravity. We don't share blood, but we share the air that keeps us alive.
C. JoyBell C.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hope is the belief that the future will be better than the present, along with the belief that you have the power to make it so.
Unknown
We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor. We need to include the excluded and preach peace.
Pope Francis
The human potential for progress and development is practically limitless, if we allow ourselves to recognize and utilize it.
Alice H. Eagly
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