233 Quotes by Marian Wright Edelman

You'd better stay determined, because that's how our ancestors got us where we are.

It is time for every one of us to roll up our sleeves and put ourselves at the top of our commitment list.

God did not create two classes of children or human beings-only one.

Dr. King used to say, 'I was sitting in the back of the bus, but my mind was always up front.' Don't let anybody tell you that you can't do it. You aim high and you work very hard and now I think it's clear that you can be anything you want to.

Education remains one of the black community's most enduring values. It is sustained by the belief that freedom and education go hand in hand, that learning and training are essential to economic quality and independence.

In politics, there are no friends.

Don't wait for, expect, or rely on favors. Count on earning them by hard work and perseverance.

So often we think we have got to make a difference and be a big dog. Let us just try to be little fleas biting. Enough fleas biting strategically can make a big dog very uncomfortable.

Ordinary women of grace are, in a sense, my real role models.