Quotes of Marion Wright Edelman

“ Service is what life is all about; it never occurred to me not to be involved in the community. ”

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Inspirational life

“ Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time. ”

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Inspirational life

“ Don't be afraid of hard work. ”

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Apprehensive

“ 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. ”

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Bug

“ Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right. ”

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Blunder

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

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Bitterness

“ The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place. ”

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Contest

“ Being considerate of others will take you and your children further in life than any college or professional degree. ”

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College

“ Far less wealthy industrialized countries have committed to end child poverty, while the United States is sliding backwards. We can do better. We must demand that our leaders do better. ”

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Connected

“ Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it. ”

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Community

“ The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place. ”

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Community

“ Service is what life is all about; it never occurred to me not to be involved in the community. ”

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Community

“ 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. ”

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Crack

“ Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time. ”

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Crack

“ We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem. ”

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Clarity

“ Being considerate of others will take you and your children further in life than any college or professional degree. ”

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Compassionate

“ 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. ”

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Change

“ You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day. ”

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Commitment

“ 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. ”

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Chosen

“ Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts. ”

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Coach

“ You really can change the world if you care enough. ”

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Custody

“ Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others. ”

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Contemplation

“ We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem. ”

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Covering

“ 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. ”

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Curious

“ If we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort to help those left behind, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution to the fraying social fabric that threatens all Americans. ”

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Cloth

“ Being considerate of others will take you and your children further in life than any college or professional degree. ”

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Considerate

“ Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts. ”

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Confident

“ 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. ”

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Correct

“ You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day. ”

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Constrained

“ If we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort to help those left behind, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution to the fraying social fabric that threatens all Americans. ”

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Quotes of Marion Wright Edelman - somelinesforyou

“ Service is what life is all about; it never occurred to me not to be involved in the community. ”

“ Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time. ”

“ Don't be afraid of hard work. ”

“ 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. ”

“ Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right. ”

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

“ The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place. ”

“ Being considerate of others will take you and your children further in life than any college or professional degree. ”

“ Far less wealthy industrialized countries have committed to end child poverty, while the United States is sliding backwards. We can do better. We must demand that our leaders do better. ”

“ Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it. ”

“ The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place. ”

“ Service is what life is all about; it never occurred to me not to be involved in the community. ”

“ 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. ”

“ Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time. ”

“ We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem. ”

“ Being considerate of others will take you and your children further in life than any college or professional degree. ”

“ 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. ”

“ You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day. ”

“ 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. ”

“ Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts. ”

“ You really can change the world if you care enough. ”

“ Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others. ”

“ We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem. ”

“ 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. ”

“ If we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort to help those left behind, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution to the fraying social fabric that threatens all Americans. ”

“ Being considerate of others will take you and your children further in life than any college or professional degree. ”

“ Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts. ”

“ 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. ”

“ You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day. ”

“ If we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort to help those left behind, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution to the fraying social fabric that threatens all Americans. ”