Patti LaBelle Quotes

The more we can be in a relationship with those who might seem strange to us, the more we can feel like we're neighbors and all members of the human family.

While Donald Trump is busy insulting one group after another, Hillary Clinton understands that our diversity is one of our greatest strengths. Yes. We become stronger when black and white, Latino, Asian-American, Native American - when all of us stand together.

Americans are at our best when we build bridges between us, not walls around us.

We need to build relationships, not walls.

We are, by many measures, one of the more diverse cities in the country, growing more diverse all the time, and one of the more harmonious in terms of how we live together.

What I loved the most about Oakland was that all of my neighbors came in as many colors, ideas, and religions as there are people on the planet. How lucky I was to know so many people that were so different and yet so much alike!

I grew up in a neighborhood with blacks and Puerto Ricans and Italians, the whole gamut, so conveying unity has always meant a lot to me.

It's not even about black and white anymore, because so many people are from mixed backgrounds and mixed ethnicities, and it's just a great time to be able to pull all that together.

We can be more inclusive.

I think, really, that the only way a person can open their heart to someone who is so much another is really by knowing them... whether that's in a classroom, or a soccer team, or a food pantry, or any of those things. I mean, we're kind of more alike than we are different.

Today when I think about diversity, I actually think about the word 'inclusion.' And I think this is a time of great inclusion. It's not men, it's not women alone. Whether it's geographic, it's approach, it's your style, it's your way of learning, the way you want to contribute, it's your age - it is really broad.

I believe if the white and colored people could get together and be let alone, they would understand each other and consequently love each other.

You know, we have our differences, everybody does, honest, real differences, but I do believe strongly that we as neighbors are drawn together far more than we're driven apart.

I will, from this day strive to forge togetherness out of our differences.

I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.

Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It's the impetus for creating change.

It brings people together. It brings the races together. It brings religions together.

Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.

Diversity means understanding.

Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.

In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order

Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow—red, yellow, brown, black and white—and we're all precious in God's sight.

Tolerance is common sense in a pluralistic society.

I love being the mayor of a city that is not defined by the hate filled act of a killer, but is defined by the way we respond: The Love and Compassion and Unity.

I love my neighborhood: There are Russian families, the artistic community, the gay community, and industry professionals - all ethnicities and ages are represented. That's the kind of neighborhood that I grew up in.