Jonathan Kozol Quotes About Struggle

Quotes about: Struggle

• I always want to tell these young idealists that the world is not as dangerous as many in the older generation want them to believe...The [people] for whom I feel the greatest sadness are the ones who choke on their beliefs, who never act on their ideals, who never know the state of struggle in a decent cause, and never know the thrill of even partial victories.

  Jonathan Kozol

  Struggle, Believe, Sadness

• The ones I pity are the ones who never stick out their neck for something they believe, never know the taste of moral struggle, and never have the thrill of victory.

  Jonathan Kozol

  Struggle, Believe, Victory

• People rarely speak of children; you hear of 'cohort groups' and 'standard variations,' but you don't hear much of boys who miss their cats or 6-year-olds who have to struggle with potato balls.

  Jonathan Kozol

  Children, Struggle, Cat

• My goal is to connect the young teachers to the old, to reignite their sense of struggle.

  Jonathan Kozol

  Teacher, Struggle, Goal

• Political struggle is the most important thing any of us can do as a citizen in a democracy; and that means the old joining the young to fight for elemental kinds of justice.

  Jonathan Kozol

  Struggle, Mean, Fighting

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