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.
CESAR CHAVEZThere is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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There’s no turning back. We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and 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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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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Our language is the reflection of ourselves.
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We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community. Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.
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The people united will never be defeated.
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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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The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
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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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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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If we are full of hatred, we can’t really do our work. Hatred saps all that strength and energy we need to plan.
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What I do shows people what kind of person I am.
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The people who give you their food give you their heart.
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You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.
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There is enough love and good will in our movement to give energy to our struggle and still have plenty left over to break down and change the climate of hate and fear around us.
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