Diversity Quotes


Diversity quotes remind us of the beauty of our differences. We are all members of the same human family, more alike than different. We have much to learn from each other. Now is the time to embrace and celebrate our differences. Showing tolerance is a form of respect. We don’t all need to agree or be the same.



We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what the color.
Maya Angelou

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.
W.H. Auden

We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
Jimmy Carter

There never were in the world two opinions alike, no more than two hairs or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity.
Michel de Mondaigne

Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival.
Rene Dubos

When you live on a round planet, there's no choosing sides.
Wayne Dyer

I feel my heart break to see a nation ripped apart by it’s own greatest strength - it’s diversity.
Melissa Etheridge

Unity, not uniformity, must be our aim. We attain unity only through variety. Differences must be integrated, not annihilated, not absorbed.
Mary Parker Follett

Diversity is the act of thinking independently together.
Malcolm Forbes

When you reduce life to black and white, you never see rainbows.
Rachel Houston

Diversity is not about how we differ. Diversity is about embracing one another’s uniqueness.
Ola Joseph

If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy

If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life’s exciting variety, not something to fear.
Gene Roddenberry

The first thing I learned is when times are tough, you need to hedge your bets – you need to diversify.
Donald Trump

When I'm born I'm black, when I grow up I'm black, when I'm in the sun I'm black, when I'm sick I'm black, when I die I'm black, and you…when you're born you're pink, when you grow up you're white, when you're cold you're blue, when you're sick you're green, when you die you're grey and you dare call me coloured.
Malcom X



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