Dorothy Height Quotes

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.

We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system. But also for and with those who often have so much to give but never get the opportunity.

We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it.

My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.

We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility.

No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.

A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can't take the same things for granted.

I am the product of many whose lives have touched mine, from the famous, distinguished, and powerful to the little known and the poor.

We have to realize we are building a movement.