Marian Wright Edelman Quotes About Struggle

Quotes about: Struggle

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

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Inspiring, Perseverance, Work

• It is so important not to let ourselves off the hook or to become apathetic or cynical by telling ourselves that nothing works or makes a difference. Every day, light your small candle.... The inaction and actions of many human beings over a long time contributed to the crises our children face, and it is the action and struggle of many human beings over time that will solve them-with God's help. So every day, light your small candle.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Children, Struggle, Light

• To all those mothers and fathers who are struggling with teen-agers, I say, just be patient: even though it looks like you can't do anything right for a number of years, parents become popular again when kids reach 20.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Inspiring, Mothers Day, Father

• I was taught that the world had a lot of problems; that I could struggle and change them; that intellectual and material gifts brought the privilege and responsibility of sharing with others less fortunate; and that service is the rent each of us pays for living - the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time or after you have reached your personal goals.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Struggle, Responsibility, Volunteer

  David Halberstam, Marian Wright Edelman, Sadako N. Ogata (1991). “Japan & the U.S.: where are we today?”

• 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.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Teacher, Children, Struggle

• I grew up in a very religious family and it is the motivating force to every thing I do. I am fortunate to have had adults all around me who really lived their faith, in helping other people and doing the best you can do. The world wasn't so wonderful back then, with segregated rule in the South. But we were never hopeless and we never despaired because we had adults out there struggling with us, being there for us, and buffering us.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Religious, Struggle, Helping Others

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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