Author: Marian Wright Edelman

Quotes

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

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

We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem.

We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem.

- Marian Wright Edelman

Remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race and class and gender in a democratic society.

Remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race and class and gender in a democratic society.

- Marian Wright Edelman

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

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

- 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

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

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

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