Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves--and be free.

Quote by Cesar Chavez

Topics: Education Quotes, Students Quotes

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.

There's no turning back...We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of...

There's no turning back...We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of...

Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own...

Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own...

We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity...

We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity...

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with...

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with...

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there...

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there...

We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community......

We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community......

From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to...

From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to...

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has...

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has...

We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to...

We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to...

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with...

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with...

. . . when the farm workers strike and their strike is successful, the employers...

. . . when the farm workers strike and their strike is successful, the employers...

Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the...

Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the...

The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.

The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.

In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.

In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass-you don't see it, but...

Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass-you don't see it, but...

The great law of culture is: Let each become all that he was capable of...

The great law of culture is: Let each become all that he was capable of...

The Law of Raspberry Jam: the wider any culture is spread, the thinner it gets.

The Law of Raspberry Jam: the wider any culture is spread, the thinner it gets.