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, Own, Preservation

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

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

Knowledge, Service, End, Others, Should

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

Fight, People, Grapes, Never, Always

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

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, Diversity, Parents, Help

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

Think, Free, Learn, Initiative, Students

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, Go

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, Enough, You, Need, Never

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, Better, Book, Humanity

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, Day, Spiritual, Conflict

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

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

Defeat, Non-Violence, Thing

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, Agriculture, Serious, Farm

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, Opportunity, God, Time, Gift, Way

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

Friend, Heart, Food, People, You, Eat

If you want to remember me, organize! Cesar Chavez

Me, You, Remember, Want, Remember Me

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

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

God, Man, Men, Help, Others, Us

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

Violence, Non-Violence, More, Some, Than

What we do know absolutely is that human lives are worth more than grapes and that innocent-looking grapes on the table may disguise poisonous residues hidden deep inside where washing cannot reach. Cesar Chavez

Deep, Reach, Know, Worth, Hidden, Table

Without a union, the people are always cheated, and they are so innocent. Cesar Chavez

People, Innocent, Always, Without, Union

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

Time, Money, Rich, Poor, Years, May

As long as we have a poor country bordering California, it's going to be very difficult to win strikes. Cesar Chavez

Win, Long, Poor, Difficult, Country

Since the Church is to be servant to the poor, it is our fault if that wealth is not channeled to help the poor in our world. Cesar Chavez

World, Help, Church, Wealth, Poor, Fault

Though many of the poor have come to see the affluent middle class as its enemy, that class actually stands between the poor and the real powers in this society - the administrative octopus with its head in Washington, the conglomerates, the military complex. Cesar Chavez

Society, Poor, Enemy, Head, Real, See

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

Strength, Live, Endure, Despair, Been

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