Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Bayard Rustin Quotes: To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.
         

To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.


Bayard Rustin
Check all other quotes by Bayard Rustin

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.
         



Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Bayard Rustin Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 05 May. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/To-be-afraid-is-to-behave-as-310102>.





Check out


Other quotes of Bayard Rustin


Let us be enraged about injustice, but let us not be destroyed by it.

Let us be enraged about injustice, but let us not be destroyed by it.



We are all one - and if we don't know it, we will learn it the hard way.

We are all one - and if we don't know it, we will learn it the hard way.



We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.

We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.



When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.

When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.



The real radical is that person who has a vision of equality and is willing to do those things that will bring reality closer to that vision. . .

The real radical is that person who has a vision of equality and is willing to do those things that will bring reality closer to that vision. . .



The only weapon we have is our bodies, and we need to tuck them in places so wheels don't turn

The only weapon we have is our bodies, and we need to tuck them in places so wheels don't turn



If I do not fight bigotry wherever it is, bigotry is thereby strengthened. And to the degree that it is strengthened, it will, thereby, have the power to turn on me.

If I do not fight bigotry wherever it is, bigotry is thereby strengthened. And to the degree that it is strengthened, it will, thereby, have the power to turn on me.



The moral man is he who is opposed to injustice per se, opposed to injustice wherever he finds it; the moral man looks for injustice first of all in himself.

The moral man is he who is opposed to injustice per se, opposed to injustice wherever he finds it; the moral man looks for injustice first of all in himself.



Every indifference to prejudice is suicide because, if I don’t fight all bigotry, bigotry itself will be strengthened and, sooner or later, it will return on me.

Every indifference to prejudice is suicide because, if I don’t fight all bigotry, bigotry itself will be strengthened and, sooner or later, it will return on me.



God does not require us to achieve any of the good tasks that humanity must pursue. What God requires of us is that we not stop trying.

God does not require us to achieve any of the good tasks that humanity must pursue. What God requires of us is that we not stop trying.





Other quotes you may like


In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.



I would not wish to marry someone who had already been married. It would be, ' she opined, 'like having someone else break in one's own pony.

I would not wish to marry someone who had already been married. It would be, ' she opined, 'like having someone else break in one's own pony.



All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.

All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.



Gluten is this Generation's Tobacco

Gluten is this Generation's Tobacco



Men fear to lose as much as they hope to gain.

Men fear to lose as much as they hope to gain.



I learned the importance of being nonjudgmental, taking what happens and trying to make it work.That's something you should apply to life.

I learned the importance of being nonjudgmental, taking what happens and trying to make it work.That's something you should apply to life.



Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.

Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.



I kind of understand now why people freak out when they see celebrities that they love, because that's how I feel about every single Muppet.

I kind of understand now why people freak out when they see celebrities that they love, because that's how I feel about every single Muppet.



I've never been a fan of individual awards because football is such a team sport. There's so many things that goes into making plays. It's about teammates trusting one another and working together.

I've never been a fan of individual awards because football is such a team sport. There's so many things that goes into making plays. It's about teammates trusting one another and working together.



To be oneself is a rare thing, and a great one.

To be oneself is a rare thing, and a great one.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.". Author of this quote is Bayard Rustin. This quote is about afraid, true, behave,.