Marian Wright Edelman Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others.”

“Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts.”

“You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.”

“You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a choice about the kind of parent you will be.”

“A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.”

“If we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort to help those left behind, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution to the fraying social fabric that threatens all Americans.”

“Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night.”

“A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.”

“No person has the right to rain on your dreams.”

“Together we can and must fight for justice for our children and protect them from draconian tax cuts and budget choices that threaten their survival, education and preparation for the future. If they are not ready for tomorrow, neither is America.”