"When you starts measuring somebody, measure him right…Make sure you done take into account what hills and valleys he come through before he got wherever he is."

Quote: 

When you starts measuring somebody, measure him right…Make sure you done take into account what hills and valleys he come through before he got wherever he is.

Attribution: 

Mama to Beneatha, Act III. In Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun. With an introduction by Robert Nemiroff. NY: Vintage, 2004.