Never work just for money or for power. They won’t save your soul or help you sleep at night.
Quotes you may like!
Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it. ~ Marian Wright Edelman
We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem. ~ Marian Wright Edelman
You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation. ~ Marian Wright Edelman
People who don’t vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our interests. ~ Marian Wright Edelman
Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time. ~ Marian Wright Edelman
When Jesus Christ asked little children to come to him, he didn’t say only rich children, or White children, or children with two-parent families, or children who didn’t have a mental or physical handicap. He said, “Let all children come unto me.” ~ Marian Wright Edelman
If you don’t like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it You just do it one step at a time. ~ Marian Wright Edelman
It’s time for greatness — not for greed. It’s a time for idealism — not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action. ~ Marian Wright Edelman
A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back — but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you. ~ Marian Wright Edelman
We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee. ~ Marian Wright Edelman
