Marian Anderson

Everyone has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend. ↗

— Marian Anderson

#gift #friendship

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

— Marian Anderson

#disease #eats #fear #inhuman #logic

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

#down #him #hold #keep #long

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

#clue #complexion #fact #his #nature

Prejudice is 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

#because #brushing #cheek #feel #find

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

— Marian Anderson

#born #leadership #needs #out #should

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

— Marian Anderson

#dare #deal #follow #great #great deal

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

#gift #given #god #grace #greedy

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

— Marian Anderson

#country #future #great #i #people

Prayer begins where human capacity ends. ↗

— Marian Anderson

#capacity #ends #human #human capacity #prayer