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.
CESAR CHAVEZIn giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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I’m not going to ask for anything unless the workers want it. If they want it, they’ll ask for it.
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When you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice. It’s an extremely powerful weapon.
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There’s no reason to be non-violent. There’s no challenge unless you are living for people.
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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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Nonviolence is really tough. You don’t practice nonviolence at conferences; you practice it on picket-lines.
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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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If you’re not frightened that you might fail, you’ll never do the job. If you’re frightened, you’ll work like crazy.
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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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The people united will never be defeated.
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Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well with others.
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In the final analysis it doesn’t really matter what the political system is. We don’t need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation.
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It’s amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about smog, oil leaks, the devastation of the environment with pesticides, hunger, disease.
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When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human.
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From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.
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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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Dr. King challenged us to work for a greater humanity. I only hope that we are worthy of his challenge.
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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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It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity.
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We 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.
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You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.
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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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The people who give you their food give you their heart.
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There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.
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We are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.
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Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.
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Never, never is it possible to reach someone if you become angry or bitter only love and gentleness can do it. Maybe not this time but maybe the next or the hundredth time.
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