233 Quotes by Marian Wright Edelman

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

You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation.

Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right.

If you as parents cut corners, your children will too. If you lie, they will too. If you spend all your money on yourselves and tithe no portion of it for charities, colleges, churches, synagogues, and civic causes, your children won't either. And if parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out.

We must not assume a door is closed but must push on it. We must not assume if it was closed yesterday that it's closed today.

Understand and be confident that each of us can make a difference by caring and acting in small as well as big ways.

Don't give anyone the proxy for your conscience.

Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.

Pick a piece of the problem that you can help solve while trying to see how your piece fits into the broader social change puzzle.