Alice Walker Quotes

I think that there is something truly beautiful in everybody you meet.

What we need to do is understand that we have to love each other, that we have to see each other have worth and dignity and value.

Disrespect is tired. Shade is old. Sipping 'tea' isn't cute. But loving, supporting, giving, being grateful and perpetuating light, is.

Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.

When I was pregnant, I was so huge and people on the bus would get up for me. That made me feel so precious and valued and valuable. I try to treat everyone like they're pregnant.

The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.

We are all deserving of love.

Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.

Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value.

I dream a world in no one feels the need for or fear of predatory behavior, in which each of us walks with the knowledge of how beautiful - and valuable - is each human life.

My work has taught me to pay great respects towards human beings.

I always aim to understand how much humanity is contained in each human being and how I can protect this humanity in a person.

This precious thing of empathy and love and understanding is something we have to hold and appreciate and protect.

I would never ever dare to objectify anyone who has fed me, protected me or loved me.

Every person deserves respect.

We all want recognition and validation to an extent for our art, but greatness as a trade for decency is a risky proposition. In my life, I try to leave the people I encounter with the feeling that they have been respected and treated with warmth and appreciation.

NO one deserves anything less than being loved.

Nobody who is somebody looks down on anybody.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

I try to speak of a love that not necessarily romantic. I think there is so much love between people and so much love people want to give but it's harder and harder these days to show that, to celebrate that, you know?

I don't want my dad to say, 'My daughter is an actress on a TV show.' I want him to say, 'My daughter cares about people.' I would love to know that I'm a role model in Hollywood.

In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor.

I think I have a certain respect for people, you know. And I guess a lot of times I expect that respect to go both ways.