233 Quotes by Marian Wright Edelman

Be grateful for good breaks and kind favors but don't count on them.

Homeless shelters, child hunger, and child suffering have become normalized in the richest nation on earth. It's time to reset our moral compass and redefine how we measure success.

I don't care what my children choose to do professionally, just as long as within their choices they understand they've got to give something back.

The legacies that parents and church and teachers left to my generation of Black children were priceless but not material: a living faith reflected in daily service, the discipline of hard work and stick-to-itiveness, and a capacity to struggle in the face of adversity.

You just do it one step at a time.

God, please help us remember that all the darkness in the world cannot snuff out the light of one little candle. Help us to keep lighting our little candles until a mighty torch of justice sweeps our nation and the world.

I try to act out of faith.

I have always believed that I could help change the world, because I have been lucky to have adults around me who did.

No time is ever wasted if you have a book along as a companion.