Rosa Parks was an American civil rights activist at a time when mankind needed the most. She was born on February 4, 1913 and died on October 24, 2005. Parks played a pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott, and the nation gave her the title of the First Lady of Civil Rights.
Her ethics and morals are so high that they inspire the materialistic man in order to improve the world and make it a better place to live. Let’s take a glimpse at some of Rosa Parks famous quotes!
Rosa Parks Famous Quotes for Inspiration
Memories of Our Lives, of Our Works and Our Deeds Will Continue in Others
The Only Tired I Was, Was Tired of Giving In
My Only Concern Was to Get Home After a Hard Day’s Work
Each Person Must Live Their Life as a Model for Others
You Must Never Be Fearful About What You Are Doing When It Is Right
All I Was Doing Was Trying to Get Home From Work
Arrest Me For sitting on a Bus You May Do That
Differences of Race, Nationality or Religion Should Not Be Used to Deny any Human Being Citizenship Rights or Privileges
Each and Every One of Us Can Make a Contribution. Together, We Can Make a Change
From the Time I Was a Child, I Tried to Protest Against Disrespectful Treatment
God Has Always Given Me the Strength to Say What is Right… I Had the Strength of God and My Ancestors with Me
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
Human Beings Are Set Apart From the Animals. We Have a Spiritual Self, a Physical Self and a Conscience. Therefore, We Can Make Choices and are Responsible for the Choices We Make
I Am 83 Years Old, and I Have Come to Realize that There is Always More in Life to Learn
I Believe That Any Kind of Action that Can Be Taken to Stop or Prevent Racial Discrimination Should Be Taken
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 Did Not Get on the Bus to Get Arrested; I Got on the Bus to Go Home
I Felt the Lord Would Give Me the Strength to Endure Whatever I Had to Face. God Did Away With all My Fear
I Have Learned Over the Years That When One’s Mind is Made Up, This Diminishes Fear
I Knew Someone Had to Take the First Step and I Made Up My Mind Not to Move
I See the Energy of Young People as a Real Force for Positive Change
I Understand I Am a Symbol, But I Have Never Gotten Used to Being a Public Person
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 Just Trying to Let Them Know How I Felt About Being Treated as a Human Being
I Will Always Work for Human Rights for All People
I Was Just Trying to Let Them Know How I Felt About Being Treated as a Human Being
I Would Like to Be Known as a Person Who is Concerned About Freedom and Equality and Justic and Peosperity for All People
I’m Tired of Being Treated Like a Second Class Citizen
In My Life, I Have Seen the Greatest Challenge to Be Ourselves in a World That Wants Us to Be Something Else
It is Better to Teach or Live Equality and Love … Than to Have Hatred and Prejudice
It Pains Me that There is Still a Lot of Klan Activity and Racism
It Was Just a Matter of SurvivalーLike Getting off the RoadーSo We Could Exist From Day to Day
Life is to Be Lived to its Fullest so That Death is Just Another Chapter. 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
My Only Concern Was to Get Home After a Hard Day’s Work
One Person Can Change the World
Our Mistreatment Was Just Not Right, and I Was Tired of It
People Need to Free Their Minds of All Racial Prejudice
Stand for Something or You Will Fall for Anything. Today’s Mighty OAK is Yesterday’s NUT that Held Its Ground
The Greatness of Our Democracy is in Its Ability to Treat Everyone, Including Women, Equally Under the Law
There is No Future Without Education
To Bring About Change, You Must Not Be Afraid to Take the First Step. We Will Fail When We Fail to Try
We Are Not in a Struggle of Black Against White, But Wrong and Right, Right Against Wrong
We Didn’t Have Any Civil Rights. It Was Just a Matter of Survival, of Existing From one Day to the Next
We Had a Saying That We Worked “From Can to Can’t,” Which Means Working From When You Can See (SunUp) to When You Can’t (SunDown)
We Still, Today, Have a Long Way to Go, and We Have to Continue Our Work
Whatever My Individual Desires Were to Be Free, I Was Not Alone. There Were Many Others Who Felt the Same Way
When One’s Mind is Made Up, This Diminishes Fear; Knowing What Must Be Done Does Away With Fear
Without Vision, People Perish, and Without Courage and Inspiration Dreams Die
