Rosa Parks is the name of an American activist and civil rights pioneer. Her refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white person in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955, triggered the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. She got married at 13 and had two children with her husband. When she became pregnant with her third child, she decided not to get married again but chose to raise her children as single moms together.
In 1950, Parks founded the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA), intending to help people against racial discrimination in public transportation systems.
Rosa Parks is a hero of civil rights who eventually became a very influential figure in the Civil Rights Movement.
It is hard to say what the future holds, but the following quotes will help you get through anything life throws your way.
75 Inspiring Rosa Parks Quotes To Stand Up For Yourself
“There is no future without education.”
“Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.”
”I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.”
”Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.”
”You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.”
“I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.”
“I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so other people would be also free.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Each person must live their life as a model for others.”
“Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.”
“The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”
“People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.”
“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.”
”It is better to protest than to accept injustice.”
“Racism is till with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and hopefully, we shall overcome.”
”Without vision, people perish, and without courage and inspiration dreams die.”
“One person can change the world.”
“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.”
”To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.”
“I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.”
“Without vision, people perish, and without courage and inspiration dreams die.”
“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 want to be treated like a human being.”
“I was not tired physically or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was 42. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”
“At the time I was arrested I had no idea it would turn into this. It was just a day like any other day. The only thing that made it significant was that the masses of the people joined in.”
“Differences of race, nationality or religion should not be used to deny any human being citizenship rights or privileges.”
“My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.”
“Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?”
”There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still. As long as a child needs help, as long as people are not free, there will be work to do. As long as an elderly person is attacked or in need of support, there is work to do. As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.”
“From the time I was a child, I tried to protest against disrespectful treatment.”
“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.”
“rosa-parks-quote-on-fearYou must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”
“I will always work for human rights for all people.”
“There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.”
”I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.”
“All I was doing was trying to get home from work.”
“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 would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free… so other people would be also free.”
“I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.”
“The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.”
“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 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 the fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”
“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.”
“Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression. We soothe ourselves with the salve of attempted indifference.”
”One person can change the world.”
“I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free … so other people would be also free.”
“I did not want to be mistreated, I did not want to be deprived of a seat that I had paid for. It was just time… there was opportunity for me to take a stand to express the way I felt about being treated in that manner.”
“If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.”
”Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.”
”Differences of race, nationality or religion should not be used to deny any human being citizenship rights or privileges.”
”You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”
“I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.”
“Why do you all push us around?”
“I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day, but I don’t think there is any such thing as complete happiness.”
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“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.”
“There was an opportunity for me to take a stand.”
”Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.”
“I believe there is only one race – the human race.”
“I’d see the bus pass every day. But to me, that was a way of life; we had no choice but to accept what was the custom. The bus was among the first ways I realised there was a black world and a white world.”
“God has always given me the strength to say what is right.”
“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”
”If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble, and trusted, this is recognized by others.”
“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.”
”Each person must live their life as a model for others.”
”The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”
“I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free -so other people would be also free.”
“I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.”
”There is no future without education.”
”I believe there is only one race – the human race.”
“I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.”
