Cesar Chavez Quotes

American - Activist March 31, 1927 - April 23, 1993

We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own. Cesar Chavez

Community, Achievement, Progress, Enough

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures. Cesar Chavez

Culture, Disrespect, Cultures, Own, Does

Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers. Cesar Chavez

Growth, Character, Reflection, Language

It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity. Cesar Chavez

Life, Time, Opportunity, God, Gift

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? Cesar Chavez

Education, Best, Book, Humanity, Drawing

We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community - and this nation. Cesar Chavez

Community, Parents, Diversity, Help

In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence. Cesar Chavez

Violence, Non-Violence, More, Some, Than

When poor people get involved in a long conflict, such as a strike or a civil rights drive, and the pressure increases each day, there is a deep need for spiritual advice. Without it, we see families crumble, leadership weaken, and hard workers grow tired. Cesar Chavez

Leadership, Spiritual, Day, Tired, Deep

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free. Cesar Chavez

Free, Think, Learn, Initiative, Students

The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people. - Cesar Chavez

The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people. Cesar Chavez

People, Fight, Never, Grapes, Always

The end of all knowledge should be service to others. - Cesar Chavez

The end of all knowledge should be service to others. Cesar Chavez

Service, Knowledge, End, Others, Should

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence. - Cesar Chavez

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence. Cesar Chavez

Non-Violence, Defeat, Thing

We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure. Cesar Chavez

Strength, Live, Despair, Endure, Been

You are never strong enough that you don't need help. - Cesar Chavez

You are never strong enough that you don't need help. Cesar Chavez

Strong, Help, You, Enough, Need, Never

When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are. Cesar Chavez

Men, Kind, Admit, Us, Honest, Belong

To be a man is to suffer for others. God help us to be men! Cesar Chavez

Man, God, Men, Help, Others, Suffer

From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength. Cesar Chavez

Work, Strength, Together, People, Need

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart. Cesar Chavez

Heart, Food, Friend, People, You, House

It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life. I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice. Cesar Chavez

Life, Courage, Struggle, Justice, I Am

There are vivid memories from my childhood - what we had to go through because of low wages and the conditions, basically because there was no union. I suppose, if I wanted to be fair, I could say that I'm trying to settle a personal score. I could dramatize it by saying that I want to bring social justice to farm workers. Cesar Chavez

Memories, Justice, Childhood, Saying

If you want to remember me, organize! Cesar Chavez

Me, Remember, You, Want, Remember Me

There is no law for farm labor organizing, save the law of the jungle. Cesar Chavez

Law, Jungle, Farm, Organizing, Labor

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance. Cesar Chavez

Work, Hard Work, Patience, Day, Hard

We farm workers are closest to food production. We were the first to recognize the serious health hazards of agriculture pesticides to both consumers and ourselves. Cesar Chavez

Health, Food, Serious, Agriculture, Farm

We learned many years ago that the rich may have money, but the poor have time. Cesar Chavez

Time, Money, Rich, Poor, Years, May

The burdens of generations of poverty and powerlessness lie heavy in the fields of America. If we fail, there are those who will see violence as the shortcut to change. Cesar Chavez

Change, Lie, Violence, America, Poverty

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