I think when you say you’re happy, you have everything that you need and everything that you want, and nothing more to wish for.
ROSA PARKSI had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired. Tired from my work as a seamstress, and tired from the ache in my heart.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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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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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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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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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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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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I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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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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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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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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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 believe there is only one race – the human race.
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As long as there is unemployment, war, crime and all things that go to the infliction of man’s inhumanity to man, regardless – there is much to be done, and people need to work together.
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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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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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I will no longer act on the outside in a way that contradicts the truth that I hold deeply inside. I will no longer act as if I were less than the whole person I know myself inwardly to be.
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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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One person can change the world.
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You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.
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Everyone living together in peace and harmony and love – that’s the goal that we seek, and I think that the more people there are who reach that state of mind, the better we will all be.
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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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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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I want to be treated like a human being.
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