Quotes About Inclusion

The new republic should be based on diversity, respect and equal rights for all.

The token gay character is always so funny and so fantastic. That's happened a lot. Or they're often purely victims.

Of the Bagos:] Like the Moros in the south, they are our brothers. We must recognize their belongingness to Filipinas, their willingness to fight for her. -The Cripple

But it really all boils down to this - we don't know them, for all our sincerity, our good intentions. We don't know, because we were never one of them.

We are not only a Latin-American nation; we are an Afro-American nation also.

She'd always been comforted by how many words there were in the English language -- more than a million. With so many words surely anything could be said, everything could be understood. But what did the volume of words matter in any language when she couldn't even manage to ask the simplest questions? Will you tell me your story? Will you let me in to my own family? Isn't it my story, too?

Despite a few exceptions, I have found that Americans are now far more willing to learn new names, just as they're far more willing to try new ethnic foods... It's like adding a few new spices to the kitchen pantry.

I truly believe that everyone has a story and everyone's story counts.

To all the kids who don't belong, for whatever reason. This one's for you.

Por otra parte, tratar lo diverso de las culturas en términos de diferencia conducirá a querer aislarlas y a fijarlas en su identidad.

T]he greatest gift you can give someone is to introduce them to someone new.

I'm a monster too. And they probably can't help it either.

You don't have to stay if you don't want to,' said the girl called Makepeace. 'But you're welcome to travel with us as long as you like. We believe in second chances, for the people who don't usually get them. 'You're among friends, Hannah, You're home.

We are people with all the hopes, dreams, passions, and faults of everyone else. Eighty percent of us are born into families with no history of dwarfism.

I'm trying to make a case for those people who don't have a sense of belonging that they should have, that there is something really worthwhile in having a sense of belonging, and recasting and looking at our modern history.

I hope I've shown a few disbelievers that they should never discount those they think are different, disorganised or distractible.

We're a diverse society, and I think the TV is doing a great job in showing that we're all human beings, that we can all get along, that we can all be together, and I think that's a marvelous thing.

The happiest Christian homes I know are those given to hospitality, where neighbors feel at home, where young people are welcome, where the elderly are respected, where children are loved.

Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out" (John 6:37).

The blood of Christ "purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation" (Revelation 5:9 NIV).

Christianity is not a spectator sport, it's something in which we become totally involved.

Jerry: Oh, you don't understand, Osgood! Ehhhh... I'm a man. Osgood: Well, nobody's perfect.

Mom! This is Haruhi! We'll adopt her someday so don't forget! ~Hikaru and Kaoru

Has a world composed of "us" and "not us" been invaded at last?