31 Rosa Parks Quotes on Love (BUS BOYCOTT)

Top 12 Most Famous Rosa Parks Quotes (CIVIL RIGHTS)

Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.

I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. — I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes **fear**; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people. — I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about **freedom** and **equality** and justice and prosperity for all people.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

Without vision, people perish, and without courage and inspiration dreams die. — Without vision, people perish, and without **courage** and **inspiration** **dreams** die.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others. — **Memories** of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

What really matters is not whether we have problems, but we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.

As far back as I can remember, I knew there was something wrong with our way of life when people could be mistreated because of the color of their skin.

There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take… The line between reason and madness grows thinner. — There is just so much hurt, **disappointment**, and oppression one can take… The line between reason and madness grows thinner.

I had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired. Tired from my work as a seamstress, and tired from the ache in my heart.

People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically… No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

19 Inspirational Rosa Parks Quotes to Inspire Love and Equality (FREEDOM)

I believe there is only one race – the human race.

I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom. — I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy **freedom**.

I was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black. — I was a person with dignity and **self-respect**, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black.

I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen. — I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.

All I was doing was trying to get home from work.

I will no longer act on the outside in a way that contradicts the truth that I hold deeply inside. I will no longer act as if I were less than the whole person I know myself inwardly to be. — I will no longer act on the outside in a way that contradicts the **truth** that I hold deeply inside. I will no longer act as if I were less than the whole person I know myself inwardly to be.

God has always given me the strength to say what is right.

As a child I learned from the Bible to trust in God and not be afraid. And I felt the Lord would give me the strength to endure whatever I had to face. God did away with all my fear. — As a child I learned from the **Bible** to **trust in God** and not be afraid. And I felt the Lord would give me the strength to **endure** whatever I had to face. God did away with all my **fear**.

I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.

To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try. — To bring about **change**, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.

I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change. — I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive **change**.

There is no future without education. — There is no future without **education**.

Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.

Our freedom is threatened every time one of our young people is killed by another child… every time a person gets stopped and beaten by the police because of the color of their skin. — Our **freedom** is threatened every time one of our young people is killed by another child… every time a person gets stopped and beaten by the police because of the color of their skin.

Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression. We soothe ourselves with the salve of attempted indifference. — **Time** begins the **healing** process of wounds cut deeply by oppression. We soothe ourselves with the salve of attempted indifference.

Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.

Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.

People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.

I will always work for human rights for all people.

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks Short Biography

Born on 4 February 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States, Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an African-American civil rights activist and the proponent to the 1955-1956 Montgomery Bus boycott.

Parks worked as a seamstress, she became a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and was secretary until 1956.

On December 1, 1955, Parks was sitting in the “colored” section of a bus she was riding on the way home from work. Once several white passengers had boarded, the bus driver removed the “colored” sign and moved it a row behind Parks and asked her to move, Parks refused.

The bus driver then proceeded to call the police and Parks was arrested. After the debacle and her arrest, Parks became an icon for the Civil Rights Movement. She constantly received death threats.

On December 21, 1956, a year after Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus, the city had decided to legally integrate public transport.

In 1992, Parks published Rosa Parks: My Story, she continued to be a civil rights activist throughout her life.

Further Reading:

How History Got the Rosa Parks Story Wrong – The Washington Post
Rosa Parks: What If I Don’t’ Move to The Back of The Bus? – The Henry Ford
Rosa Parks’ Journey as A Civil Rights Icon – Constitution Daily

Here are the best Rosa Parks quotes so you can be inspired to fight for justice and equality with courage and confidence.

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Rosa Parks: My Story (Book) — **Rosa Parks: My Story**

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