Cesar Chavez Quotes About Humanity

Quotes about: Humanity

• Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?

  Cesar Chavez

  Education, Real, Book

• Nonviolence is really tough. You don't practice nonviolence at conferences; you practice it on picket-lines.

  Cesar Chavez

  Peace, Practice, Humanity

• The non-violent technique does not depend for its success on the goodwill of the oppressor, but rather on the unfailing assistance of God.

  Cesar Chavez

  Peace, Humanity, Doe

• Just as Dr. King was a disciple of Gandhi and Christ, we must now be Dr. King's disciples.
  Dr. King challenged us to work for a greater humanity. I only hope that we are worthy of his challenge.

  Cesar Chavez

  Kings, Challenges, Humanity

  Cesar Chavez (2008). “An Organizer's Tale: Speeches”, p.264, Penguin

• We are certain God's will is that all men share in the good things this earth produces.

  Cesar Chavez

  Men, Humanity, Earth

• When the man who feeds the world by toiling in the fields is himself deprived of the basic rights of feeding, sheltering, and caring for his own family, the whole community of man is sick.

  Cesar Chavez

  Caring, Men, Rights

• Through Gandhi and my own life experience, I have learned about nonviolence. I believe that human life is a very special gift from God, and that no one has a right to take that away in any cause, however just. I am convinced that nonviolence is more powerful than violence.

  Cesar Chavez

  Peace, Powerful, Believe

• Non-violence exacts a very high price from one who practices it. But once you are able to meet that demand then you can do most things.

  Cesar Chavez

  Peace, Practice, Humanity

• Our conviction is that human life and limb are a very special possession given by God to man and that no one has the right to take that away, in any cause, however just...

  Cesar Chavez

  Men, Humanity, Special

• We are convinced that non-violence is more powerful than violence. We are convinced that non-violence supports you if you have a just and moral cause...If you use violence, you have to sell part of yourself for that violence. Then you are no longer a master of your own struggle.

  Cesar Chavez

  Peace, Powerful, War

• The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.

  Cesar Chavez

  Peace, Humanity, Principles

  Cesar Chavez (2008). “An Organizer's Tale: Speeches”, p.352, Penguin

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