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Cesar Chavez Quotes
"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"
"If you try to do it all at once, you won't get anything done"
"There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence"
"History will judge societies and governments and their institutions not by how big they are or how well they serve the rich and powerful but how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor and the helpless"
"You are never strong enough that you don't need help"
"The people who give you their food give you their heart"
"When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit that our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines what kind of men we are"
"We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community and this nation"
"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people"
"The end of all education should surely be service to others"
"It is not enough to teach our young people to be successful. So are the mafia and drug cartels. We must teach our children that there is no shame in failing; there is only shame in failing to try"
"We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure"
"Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures"
"Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore"
