We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.
CESAR CHAVEZIf you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him… the people who give you their food give you their heart.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other.
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I’ve always maintained that it isn’t the form that’s going to make the difference. It isn’t the rule or the procedure or the ideology, but it’s human beings that will make it.
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Talk is cheap. It is the way we organize and use our lives everyday that tells what we believe in.
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Those who are willing to sacrifice and be of service have very little difficulty with people. They know what they are all about. People can’t help but want to be near them. They help them; they work with them. That’s what love is all about. It starts with your heart and radiates out.
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Concentration is inspiration. You must be completely overtaken by your work and your subject. Only then do all your influences and experience come up to the surface.
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Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything – even our lives – in our struggle for justice.
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It’s ironic that those who till the soil, cultivate and harvest the fruits, vegetables, and other foods that fill your tables with abundance have nothing left for themselves.
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In 1968, I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry, and unhappy like we do.
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In this world it is possible to achieve great material wealth, to live an opulent life. But a life built upon those things alone leaves a shallow legacy. In the end, we will be judged by other standards.
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Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it.
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The people who give you their food give you their heart.
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To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence.
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Being of service is not enough. You must become a servant of the people. When you do, you can demand their commitment in return.
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The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.
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We have looked into the future and the future is ours.
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