Louis Armstrong Quotes

I am a human being; nothing human can be alien to me.

We need to understand that whatever we do, we're all human beings first.

We're all human. It's the most important, neglected fact in business.

People need to spread love towards strangers. We all bleed the same blood and we are all part of a global community now.

We are all human and I want to relate that message to all people.

I don't need to have my convictions confirmed by a show of numbers. However, being among people in front of a band leads me to believe that all is not lost, that humans, now and then, can communicate on a higher level than the political and the practical.

No matter where you're from, no matter what religion you practice, your ethnicity, race, or anything else - what is it that can bring us together as people? It is, what we call in Hawaii, aloha... sincere, deep love and respect for other people as children of God.

I can see that everybody has their own challenges that they are dealing with. But what's so beautiful about music is that it brings people together, levels the playing field and opens people up.

I think our music is more about seeing ourselves in each other and trying to find a more humanistic viewpoint for the world.

I'm a humanist at heart: at the end of the day, we are all human beings.

What I really want to say: That what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Negroes, Jews, Arabs. We are all brothers.

I like finding that common point between another song and my music. It's like between people; you can be of religion or another, from this country or from another country, but we're all basically the same. It's just the same with songs.

I think, really, that the only way a person can open their heart to someone who is so much another is really by knowing them... whether that's in a classroom, or a soccer team, or a food pantry, or any of those things. I mean, we're kind of more alike than we are different.

We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.

There are so many people in the world with so many different perspectives. But ultimately, at the heart of it, they're people.

I am a man, and whatever concerns humanity is of interest to me.

Yeah, because what it all boils down to is at the end of the day, we are all riding on the same boat and we have to learn how to deal with each other. I think that the music and what we do in our actions is what can kind of bring us together, hopefully.

Everyone can relate to me no matter what race or who you are or how you feeling.

I recognize every member of the human family as a brother; and if it was done by human beings, it was done by my brethren.

Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer. No matter what race or religion or nationality or sexual orientation or gender that you are, it has the power to unite us.

We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.

We are all neighbors. And we must love neighbors as ourselves.

There's so much more to people than their differences.

When we come to the hospital to give birth, we don't come as a Jew or an Arab; we come as a human being.

Americans know that we have more in common than we do differences.