Author: Marian Wright Edelman

Quotes

Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts.

Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts.

- Marian Wright Edelman

Family and moral values are so central to everything that I am.

Family and moral values are so central to everything that I am.

- Marian Wright Edelman

You really can change the world if you care enough.

You really can change the world if you care enough.

- Marian Wright Edelman

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.

- Marian Wright Edelman

Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.

Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.

- Marian Wright Edelman

If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.

If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.

- Marian Wright Edelman

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.

- Marian Wright Edelman

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

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

The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children.

The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children.

- Marian Wright Edelman

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