June is Pride month– an international celebration and a fantastic time to reflect on acceptance, kindness, and empathy. These 12 inspiring quotes will remind you love is love and that every kind act creates a ripple effect.
Every bit of good matters, especially when we move toward equality with open minds and open hearts.
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Elliot Page
“This world would be a whole lot better if we just made an effort to be less horrible to one another.”
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President Barack Obama
“When all Americans are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love, we are all more free.”
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John Lennon
“It matters not who you love, where you love, why you love, when you love, or how you love. It matters only that you love.”
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Sonya Deville
“Don’t be afraid. Don’t be ashamed. Don’t ever apologize for your sexuality. Just be you.”
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Laverne Cox
“When you put love out in the world it travels, and it can touch people and reach people in ways that we never even expected.”
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Harvey Fierstein
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.”
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Dr. Seuss
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those matter don’t mind.”
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Brené Brown
“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.”
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Laverne Cox
“We are not what other people say we are. We are who we know ourselves to be, and we are what we love. That’s okay.”
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Dalai Lama
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.”
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Alice Walker
“No person is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow.”
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Lena Waithe
“To be yourself is truly a revolutionary act, and I think more and more people should try it, because it’s gotten me a pretty cool life.”