Top Rosa Parks Quotes - Quotesmemo.com

Rosa Parks Biography

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The United States Congress has called her "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".

Read about Rosa Parks in Wikipedia

Random Authors

Rosa Parks Quotes

If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.

Emotional, Friends, Miss, Missing, People, Stayed

I want to be treated like a human being.

Human, July, Like, Treated, Want

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.

Diminishes, Inspirational, Inspiring, Knowing, Positive, Years

Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground.

Fall, Ground, Inspirational, Nut, Nuts, Stand

Since I have always been a strong believer in God, I knew that He was with me, and only He could get me through that next step

Believer, Next Steps, Step, Strong

I'd see the bus pass every day… But to me, that was a way of life; we had no choice but to accept what was the custom. The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.

Black, Choices, Life, Pass, Ways, White

Many whites, even white Southerners told me that even though it may have seemed like the blacks were being freed (by my actions) they felt more free and at ease themselves. They thought that my action didn't just free blacks but them, too.

Being Free, Ease, Felt, Thought, White, Whites

I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.

Hope, Inspirational, Life, Looking, Looks, Optimism

Arrest me for sitting on a bus? You may do that.

Arrest, Bus, May, Sitting

There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still. As long as a child needs help, as long as people are not free, there will be work to do. As long as an elderly person is attacked or in need of support, there is work to do. As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.

Child, Children, Elderly, Free, Long, Stop

Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.

Inspirational, Tired, African American, Right, Mistreatment

There were times when it would have been easy to fall apart or to go in the opposite direction, but somehow I felt that if I took on more step, someone would come along to join me.

Apart, Come, Fall, Opposites, Step, Steps

We didn't have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next. I remember going to sleep as a girl hearing the Klan ride at night and hearing a lynching and being afraid the house would burn down.

Girl, Hearing, Night, Remember, Sleep

If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble, and trusted, this is recognized by others.

Christian, Demonstrate, Humble, Peaceful, Recognized

Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.

Alone, Desire, Felt, Free, Freedom, Way

Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?

Belligerent, Militarism, Powerful, Revolution, Slogan, Victory

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 anything such 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.

Activity, Pain, Positive, Think, Thinking, Wish

I had felt for a long time, that if I was ever told to get up so a white person could sit, that I would refuse to do so.

White, Long, Get Up, Sit, Felt, Person

Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.

Broken Heart, Heartbreak, Heartbroken, Hurt, Place, Pull

When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.

Black, Roles, See, Taking, Today, Women

1