There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.
CESAR CHAVEZTalk is cheap. It is the way we organize and use our lives everyday that tells what we believe in.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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I am an organizer, not a union leader. A good organizer has to work hard and long. There are no shortcuts. You just keep talking to people, working with them, sharing, exchanging and they come along.
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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 must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.
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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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The love for justice that is in us is not only the best part of our being but it is also the most true to our nature.
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There are many reasons for why a man does what he does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.
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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 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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We do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys.
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What is at stake is human dignity. If a man is not accorded respect he cannot respect himself and if he does not respect himself, he cannot demand it.
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It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.
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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 giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of.
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The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.
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The non-violent technique does not depend for its success on the goodwill of the oppressor, but rather on the unfailing assistance of God.
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