True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire.
CESAR CHAVEZWe believe that unions have always been about much more than the industries in which they operate. The fight is never about grapes or lettuce, It is always about people.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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When you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice. It’s an extremely powerful weapon.
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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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If you give yourself totally to the nonviolence struggle for peace and justice you also find that people give you their hearts and you will never go hungry and never be alone.
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Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?
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If 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.
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When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are.
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We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.
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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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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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We’ll organize workers in this movement as long as we’re willing to sacrifice. The moment we stop sacrificing, we stop organizing.
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Through Gandhi and my own life experience, I have learned about nonviolence. I believe that human life is a very special gift from God, and that no one has a right to take that away in any cause, however just. I am convinced that nonviolence is more powerful than violence.
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You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
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The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
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In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of.
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Do not romanticize the poor. We are all people, human beings subject to the same temptations and faults as all others. Our poverty damages our dignity.
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