25 Powerful Diversity And Inclusion Quotes for a Stronger Company Culture

Source: Vantage Circle

Establishing equality is a top challenge that the entire human society is facing at the moment. Businesses and specifically people management can play a significant role in this regard by making the workplace better for everyone.

In the workplace, equality is making sure people are given equal opportunities, equal pay and are well accepted for their differences. It is about fostering a safe, secure and inclusive workplace where people with diverse backgrounds can thrive.

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Here are 25 Diversity and Inclusion Quotes to inspire a stronger company culture:

  1. Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization. ~Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together. ~Jacqueline Woodson

  3. Diversity and inclusion, which are the real grounds for creativity, must remain at the center of what we do. ~Marco Bizzarri

  4. When we listen and celebrate what is both common and different, we become a wiser, more inclusive, and better organization. ~Pat Wadors

  5. An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. ~Martin Luther King, Jr

  6. We are all different, which is great because we are all unique. Without diversity, life would be very boring. ~Catherine Pulsifer

  7. A lot of different flowers make a bouquet. - Islamic Proverb

  8. We have a very diverse environment and a very inclusive culture and those characteristics got us through the tough times. Diversity generated a better strategy, better risk management, better debates, and better outcomes. ~Alan Joyce

  9. Inclusivity means not ‘just we’re allowed to be there,’ but we are valued. I’ve always said: smart teams will do amazing things, but truly diverse teams will do impossible things. ~Claudia Brind-Woody

  10. When everyone is included, everyone wins. ~Jesse Jackson

  11. D&I needs to be something that every single employee at the company has a stake in. ~Bo Young Lee

  12. A diverse mix of voices leads to better discussions, decisions, and outcomes for everyone. ~Sundar Pichai

  13. It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. ~Maya Angelou

  14. The greater the diversity, the greater the perfection. ~Thomas Berry

  15. What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us. ~Edward Kennedy

  16. Diversity is the mix. Inclusion is making the mix work. ~Andres Tapia

  17. Unity, not uniformity, must be our aim. We attain unity only through variety. Differences must be integrated, not annihilated, not absorbed. ~Mary Parker Follett

  18. It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. ~Audre Lorde

  19. Diversity is not how we differ. Diversity is about embracing one another’s uniqueness. ~Ola Joseph

  20. Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation. ~Doris Kearns Goodwin

  21. Inclusion and fairness in the workplace . . . is not simply the right thing to do; it's the smart thing to do. ~Alexis Herman

  22. Let’s stop believing that our differences make us superior or inferior to one another. ~Con Miguel Ruiz

  23. Companies that embrace diversity and inclusion in all aspects of their business statistically outperform their peers. ~Josh Bersin

  24. Diversity: the art of thinking independently together. ~Malcolm Forbes

  25. We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings,different hopes, different dreams. ~Jimmy Carter

Source: Vantage Circle

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