Cesar Chavez Quotes

Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez
American Activist
Born: Mar 31, 1927
Died: Apr 23, 1993
Farm Help People Society Work You
Related authors: Angela Davis Elizabeth Cady Stanton Gloria Steinem Harriet Tubman Malcolm X Noam Chomsky Sojourner Truth Susan B. Anthony
We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own. Cesar Chavez
Needs Achievement Progress Prosperity Ambition Own Community Enough Others Broad Our Our Community We Cannot Ourselves Must Seek About Forget Cannot Aspirations Include
It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity. Cesar Chavez
Life God Time Injustice World Gift Opportunity Will Become Discouraged Awesome Humane Our Earth Way Everywhere Possible Promise Would Would-Be See About Gives He Limited Limited Time Did Just Us Use Choose
Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures. Cesar Chavez
Culture Own Disrespect Other Contempt Does Cultures Require Preservation
The end of all knowledge should be service to others. Cesar Chavez
Service Knowledge Others End Should Service To Others
We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community - and this nation. Cesar Chavez
Parents Diversity Nation Community Students Cherish Cultural Cultural Diversity Ethnic Help Nourishes Strengthens Need Preserve
Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers. Cesar Chavez
Character Reflection Language Our Ourselves Exact Speakers Growth
It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life. I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice. Cesar Chavez
Life Justice Struggle Courage Giving Sacrifice Others Our Our Lives Ourselves Find Totally Strongest Only Non-Violent Am Truest Manliness Convinced Act Belief Lives Deepest
There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence. Cesar Chavez
Defeat Non-Violence Thing
Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity? Cesar Chavez
Education Best Humanity Book Better Goodness Own Our Books Consist Drawing Out Students Real Real Education Than Should
We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure. Cesar Chavez
Strength Live Despair Our Draw Shall Forced Been Very Endure Which
If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart. Cesar Chavez
Food You Heart People Eat Someone Give House Make Him Go Friend Want Really Who
We farm workers are closest to food production. We were the first to recognize the serious health hazards of agriculture pesticides to both consumers and ourselves. Cesar Chavez
Health Food Agriculture First Farm Recognize Ourselves Both Hazards Consumers Were Closest Workers Production Pesticides Serious
There are vivid memories from my childhood - what we had to go through because of low wages and the conditions, basically because there was no union. I suppose, if I wanted to be fair, I could say that I'm trying to settle a personal score. I could dramatize it by saying that I want to bring social justice to farm workers. Cesar Chavez
Saying Memories Justice Farm Settle Say Vivid Could Through Had Fair Suppose Because Wages Go Score Conditions Trying Personal Childhood Want Wanted Social Low Workers Social Justice Union Bring Basically
Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free. Cesar Chavez
Free Think Imitators Must Students Mere Learn Themselves Should Act Initiative
When poor people get involved in a long conflict, such as a strike or a civil rights drive, and the pressure increases each day, there is a deep need for spiritual advice. Without it, we see families crumble, leadership weaken, and hard workers grow tired. Cesar Chavez
Day Leadership Spiritual Tired Rights Conflict People Pressure Long Drive Advice Increases Strike Weaken Civil See Civil Rights Crumble Involved Without Families Get Poor Poor People Workers Hard Deep Each Each Day Grow Need
In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence. Cesar Chavez
Some Cases More Non-Violence Than Requires Militancy Violence
Without a union, the people are always cheated, and they are so innocent. Cesar Chavez
People Innocent Cheated Without Always Union
From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength. Cesar Chavez
Work Strength Needs Together Dignity People Problems Own Despair Solve Work Together Themselves Depth Organize Fill Need
To be a man is to suffer for others. God help us to be men! Cesar Chavez
God Man Men Others Be A Man God Help Us Help Suffer
When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are. Cesar Chavez
Men Our Our Lives Ourselves Kind Must Admit Determines How Us Really Use Lives Belong Honest
There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance. Cesar Chavez
Work Hard Work Day Patience Acceptance Hours Substitute Hard
We learned many years ago that the rich may have money, but the poor have time. Cesar Chavez
Time Money Rich Learned Years Years Ago May Poor Many
The burdens of generations of poverty and powerlessness lie heavy in the fields of America. If we fail, there are those who will see violence as the shortcut to change. Cesar Chavez
Change Lie Will Poverty Those See Fail Generations Powerlessness America Burdens Heavy Shortcut Fields Who Violence
If you want to remember me, organize! Cesar Chavez
Me You Remember Remember Me Want Organize
What we do know absolutely is that human lives are worth more than grapes and that innocent-looking grapes on the table may disguise poisonous residues hidden deep inside where washing cannot reach. Cesar Chavez
Worth Disguise Hidden Inside Table More Absolutely Poisonous Reach Know Than May Human Where Cannot Grapes Deep Washing Deep Inside Lives
There is no law for farm labor organizing, save the law of the jungle. Cesar Chavez
Law Farm No Law Labor Jungle Organizing Save
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