Grow Up Quotes

It’s easy when you grow up in fear to act out of fear. I don’t want to embrace that fear; I prefer to be kind.

My mom wanted to make sure I was prepared to grow up with Black skin in America.

I think it’s really good for a family or children to have a dog, cat, bird or whatever to grow up with.

I grew up in a flat with my brothers and my cousins. My brothers were in the same bed.

We don’t like to kill our unborn; we need them to grow up and fight our wars.

I hope another generation of children don’t have to grow up without understanding the historical context for contemporary racism.⁣

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

The best thing about it is you’re showing kids that no matter where you grow up, what race you are, that you can achieve your dream.

But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there.

A lot has changed since I grew up, but there’s still a long way to go. I don’t think we can move forward with Donald Trump as the president. There’s a disconnect there. We don’t want to regress, we want progress.