Top 9 Quotes by Josephine Lawrence

Folks think that children will make up for all they ought to do and haven't done.

Folks think that children will make up for all they ought to do and haven't done.

Children, Thinking, Done

Josephine Lawrence (1944). “A tower of steel”

Prejudice is a seeping, dark stain, I think, more difficult to fight than hatred-which is powerful and violent and somehow more honest.

Josephine Lawrence

Powerful, Dark, Fighting

Josephine Lawrence (1945). “Let Us Consider One Another”, New York ; London : . Appleton-Century

Any fear is always worse than the thing itself.

Josephine Lawrence

Fear

I would not preach tolerance, which seems to me another name for condescension and presupposes faults in those to be tolerated ... Nor do I believe in demanding love - that should be the gift of a free will. But simply to be kind - that is not too much to ask of any of us.

Josephine Lawrence

Kindness, Believe, Names

Josephine Lawrence (1945). “Let Us Consider One Another”, New York ; London : . Appleton-Century

You can never tell what will happen to a theory before you can get around to using it.

Josephine Lawrence

Theory, Happens

Real separation, to me, is the death of love. Any other - parting - well, it just isn't real.

Josephine Lawrence

Real, Separation, Absence

if some folks have buried their racial prejudices, the chances are that they've got the graves marked and will have no trouble disinterring their pet hates.

Josephine Lawrence

Hate, Racism, Pet

Josephine Lawrence (1945). “Let Us Consider One Another”, New York ; London : . Appleton-Century