15 quotes
"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
Hope
"You really can change the world if you care enough."
- Marian Wright Edelman
Motivation
"The outside world told black kids when I was growing up that we weren't worth anything. But our parents said it wasn't so, and our churches and our schoolteachers said it wasn't so. They believed in us, and we, therefore, believed in ourselves."
- Marian Wright Edelman
Belief in Self
"If we don’t stand up for children, then we don’t stand for much."
- Marian Wright Edelman
Education
"Listening to children is the most basic way to respect their rights."
- Marian Wright Edelman
Education
"Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world for the better."
- Marian Wright Edelman
Education
"Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it."
- Marian Wright Edelman
Education
"The strength of a nation lies in the homes of its people."
- Marian Wright Edelman
Family
"Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time."
- Marian Wright Edelman
Service
"Service is what life is all about."
- Marian Wright Edelman
Service
"You’re not obligated to win. You’re obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day."
- Marian Wright Edelman
Perseverance
"You are not obligated to win. You’re obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day."
- Marian Wright Edelman
Perseverance
"You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day."
- Marian Wright Edelman
Perseverance
"We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily difference we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee."
- Marian Wright Edelman
Contribution
"Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree."
- Marian Wright Edelman
Morality