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.
ROSA PARKSTo bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
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Why do you all push us around?
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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
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Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.
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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.
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There is no future without education.
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We will really be set back if people don’t take the time to learn about the candidates who are concerned about the well-being of all the citizens and vote.
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To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.
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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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Our freedom is threatened every time one of our young people is killed by another child, every time a person gets stopped and beaten by the police because of the color of their skin.
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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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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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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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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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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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The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
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Nothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says that we must treat others in a way that we would want to be treated.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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