54 Quotes by Lena Horne

Always be smarter than the people who hire you.

Always be smarter than those who hire you

Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death.

My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman.

Every color I can think of and nationality, we were all touched by Dr. King because he made us like each other and respect each other.

Malcolm X raised my consciousness about myself and my people and other people more than any person I know. I knew him before he became Malcolm X.

I made a promise to myself to be kinder to other people.

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way.

I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become. I'm me, and I'm like nobody else.