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.
CESAR CHAVEZWhen 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.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.
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You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.
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If you are interested in preventing animal suffering, the first thing you should give up is eggs and milk, because the animals who produce those foods lead the most unhappy lives. You would do better to eat meat and stop eating eggs and dairy products.
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Years of misguided teaching have resulted in the destruction of the best in our society, in our cultures and in the environment.
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Self dedication is a spiritual experience.
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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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History will judge societies and governments – and their institutions – not by how big they are or how well they serve the rich and the powerful, but by how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor and the helpless.
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In the no-nonsense school of adversity, which we did not choose for ourselves, we are learning how to operate a labor union.
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When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human.
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The people who give you their food give you their heart.
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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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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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Nonviolence is really tough. You don’t practice nonviolence at conferences; you practice it on picket-lines.
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Violence just hurts those who are already hurt. Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.
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Our language is the reflection of ourselves.
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