Rosa Parks Quotes
19 quotes from Rosa Parks — Civil rights activist known as 'the mother of the civil rights movement.' Her refusal to give up her bus seat in 1955 s….
“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”
“I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.”
“I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”
“Each person must live their life as a model for others.”
“The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”
“I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.”
“I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free… so other people would be also free.”
“I felt a determination cover my body like a quilt on a winter night.”
“I wanted to be free as everybody else. I didn't want to be constantly humiliated for something I had no influence on: the colour of my skin.”
“I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.”
“Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.”
“Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground.”
“I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”
“I am not so well, but better than I was some time ago. My mother and husband are quite well. They join me in sending kindest regards to you and Mrs. King and wish for you much happiness in your new home.”
“I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day, but I don't think there is any such thing as complete happiness. It pains me that there is still a lot of Klan activity and racism. I think when you say you're happy, you have everything that you need and everything that you want, and nothing more to wish for. I haven't reached that stage yet.”
“Let us look at Jim Crow for the criminal he is and what he had done to one life multiplied millions of times over these United States and the world.”
“I had made up my mind that I would not give in any longer to legally enforced racial segregation.”
“I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day, but I don't think there is any such thing as complete happiness. It pains me that there is still a lot of Klan activity and racism.”
“Why do you push us around?”
