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.

Achievement Community Progress Enough

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

Culture Disrespect Own Cultures

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

Growth Character Reflection Language

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

Time Money Rich Poor

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?

Education Best Humanity Book

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.

Memories Childhood Justice Saying

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

Strength Live Endure Despair

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.

Life I Am Courage Struggle

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

Work Hard Work Day Patience

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

Parents Community Diversity Help

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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.

Life God Time Opportunity

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.

Health Food Serious Agriculture

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

Think Free Learn Students

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

Strong You Enough Never Need

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

God Men Man Help

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.

Change Lie Poverty Violence

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

Defeat Non-Violence Thing

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.

Deep Know Reach Worth

The end of all knowledge should be service to others.

Knowledge Service End Others

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.

Men Belong Us Admit

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.

World Church Poor Wealth

Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.

Work Money Risks Poor

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

People Fight Never Always Grapes

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

People Innocent Always Without

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.

Friend Heart Food People

If you want to remember me, organize!

Me You Remember Want

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