I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so other people would be also free.
ROSA PARKSYou cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble, and trusted, this is recognized by others.
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I don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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I have spent over half my life teaching love and brotherhood, and I feel that it is better to continue to try to teach or live equality and love than it would be to have hatred or prejudice.
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I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.
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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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We didn’t have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next.
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What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.
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The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
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If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.
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Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.
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