Quotes About Diversity

It's a big world, isn't it?' said Georgie. 'Do you think they hate each other on other planets too?

We all are [normal]. Their idea of normal just happens to be different to some other people's idea of normal. But this is the world we live in. Some people simply cannot accept something that is outside of their experience.

We're none of us normal. Not in this fucking country.

If it wasn't for the fact that Bruno was nowhere near as skinny as the boys on his side of the fence, and not quite so pale either, it would have been difficult to tell them apart. It was almost (Shmuel thought) as if they were all exactly the same really.

It was almost (Shmuel thought) as if they were all exactly the same really.

Empezaba a darse cuenta de lo maleducadas que podían ser algunas personas cuando se topaban con alguien de un aspecto un poco distinto

He wore the headdress of a Red Indian and was making the sounds to match, a terrible howling that would have given a deaf man a headache.

Most gays carry an excessive amount of shame, as there is particularly strong and widespread shaming of boys who don't display the traditional masculine traits and behaviors. If you are a gay man or woman, your wounded inner preschooler needs to hear that it is perfectly okay to be who you are.

Happy brains are all alike; every unhappy brain is unhappy in its own way.

Few of us are equipped to cope with the complexity and dazzling variety of twenty-first-century existence.

I always wondered what democracy might smell like.

Danger. Its name indicates that this is not the straight way but is a way of great variety and many religious philosophies. Hypocrisy

A team is a group of people who may not be equal in experience, talent, or education but in commitment.

Uniformity is not the key to successful teamwork. The glue that holds a team together is unity of purpose.

the entire population of the world—with one minor exception—is composed of others.

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

List the names of the members of your team. Next to each person's name, write a sentence or phrase that describes that person's perspective or outlook. The sentence must be positive, giving the person the benefit of the doubt for how he or she sees the world. If you're having difficulty describing someone's perspective, you need to get to know him or her better so that you can articulate the person's point of view.

Leaders recognize the abilities in people and work fluidly with them. They are able to mentor people with different talents, temperaments, and styles. While average leaders try to lead everyone the same way, level 4 leaders lead everyone differently. That takes creativity and confidence.

People can be in the same place sharing the same experience at the same time, but they can walk away from it having seen very different things.

LOOK AT YOUR OWN QUIRKS, IDIOSYNCRASIES, AND ODDITIES AS A REMINDER TO BE MORE PATIENT WITH OTHERS.

If you are your only source of information and ideas, you're in trouble.

We all live under the same sky but we don't all have the same horizon. —KONRAD ADENAUER

The people around us seem to be dressed in every kind of clothing from every nation and era in human history. I see people dressed in modern military uniforms, animal skins, togas, tribal regalia, European and Japanese armor, robes, breeches, long dresses, short dresses, and suits. Some people wear not much clothing at all. It's as though we're on the back lot of a movie studio and actors from a hundred different exotic movies mingle together. But these people are real, not costumed performers.

The one thing you need to know about teamwork is that there is more than one thing you need to know about teamwork.