Dorothy Height Quotations

We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.

The black woman had had to struggle against being a person of great strength.

The Black family of the future will foster our liberation, enhance our self-esteem, and shape our ideas and goals.

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

If the times aren't ripe, you have to ripen the times.

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.

We are not a problem people, we are people with problems.

I want to be remembered as one who tried.

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.