Marian Wright Edelman Inspirational Quotations

Dr. King used to say, 'I was sitting in the back of the bus, but my mind was always up front.' Don't let anybody tell you that you can't do it. You aim high and you work very hard and now I think it's clear that you can be anything you want to.

Children cannot lobby and cannot vote. We must speak for them.

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.

You really can change the world if you care enough.

Don't just dream about grandiose acts of doing good. Every day do small ones, that add up over time to positive patterns.

Service is what life is all about.

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

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