Laura Minnie Cornelius Kellogg Quotes

Have you the folly to think that the white men … are the only beloved images of God …. I am satisfied with the manner of my creation, my skin, my people—even if other people are not.

The greatest guarantee for the preservation of a person’s identity is language and faith, and all Armenians must carry these two values.

Whatever ethnicity you are, yes, absolutely you have to be proud of who you are man. I am really really proud to be Asian, I got to say.

We've got to know our history. We have to be able to bring our children to a place that they can be proud of.

I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity.

Language also encodes our past. We want to know who we are. To know who we are, we have to know who we used to be. Consequently, our literature, written in the past, anchors us in that past.

We've got to map all of our ancient history before it's gone because, let's face it, if we don't have a common heritage to share, something to get excited about, then what are we living for?

There are a great many colored people who are ashamed of the cake-walk, but I think they ought to be proud of it.

If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.

Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.

I would rather die as an Indian than live as a white man.

A people without a history is like the wind over buffalo grass.

The greatest guarantee for the preservation of a person’s identity is language and faith, and all Armenians must carry these two values.

We can't bypass our heritage. We can't bypass the knowledge of who we are. You don't take a DNA test to see if you believe in freedom. Freedom is taught, and teaching the Constitution - I won't go on too much.

I want to be known for what I am, black and white, because I'm proud of both.

The 'garra charrua' is something we're proud of, even if other people sometimes misunderstand it.

I believe in pride of race and lineage and self: in pride of self so deep as to scorn injustice to other selves.

Be as proud of your race today as our as our fathers were in days of yore. We have beautiful history, and we shall create another in the future that will astonish the world.

Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.

If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.

I'm African American / I'm African / I'm black as the moon.

I don't consider myself a racist, I don't hate other peoples, but I certainly want to preserve my own. And I think that's true of all people.

I'm certainly proud to be Cuban American, and it's a fantastic opportunity for anybody - regardless of their ethnicity or nationality. It does carry a measure or pride to know where you're from and to know what your roots are.

As Africans Americans we often think about the tragic stories associated with our lineage, but there are a lot of triumphs. Traveling helps you learn about other aspects of our history, like the story of Christ the Redeemer. It's empowering and inspiring.

A people's relationship to their heritage is the same as the relationship of a child to its mother.