No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it.

Quote by Marian Wright Edelman

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A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come...

A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come...

People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and...

People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and...

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

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

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?

Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?

The old notion that children are the private property of parents dies very slowly. In...

The old notion that children are the private property of parents dies very slowly. In...

You really can change the world if you care enough.

You really can change the world if you care enough.

Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for.

Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for.

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life,...

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life,...

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

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

Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that...

Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that...

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world...

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world...

People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and...

People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and...

Far less wealthy industrialized countries have committed to end child poverty, while the United States...

Far less wealthy industrialized countries have committed to end child poverty, while the United States...

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you...

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you...

Education is a precondition to survival in America today.

Education is a precondition to survival in America today.

Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can...

Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can...

The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need...

The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need...

If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an...

If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an...

The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by...

The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by...