“When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.”
"My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker upbringing and the values that were instilled in me by my grandparents who reared me."
- Bayard Rustin
Belief
"The organizers and perpetuators of segregation are as much the enemy of America as any foreign invader."
- Bayard Rustin
Adversity
"We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers."
- Bayard Rustin
Taking Risks
"To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true."
- Bayard Rustin
Facing Fears
"We are all one — and if we don’t know it, we will learn it the hard way."
- Bayard Rustin
Equilibrium
"The greatest strength lies in vulnerability."
- Beauty and the Beast
Courage
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."
- Mark Twain
Courage
"I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me."
- Tracee Ellis Ross
Courage
"If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough."
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Courage
"Courage, dear heart."
- C.S. Lewis
Courage