Marian Anderson

"When you stop having dreams and ideals - well, you might as well stop altogether."

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

"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."

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

"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."