Marian Wright Edelman - Life Quotes

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Character, self-discipline, determination, attitude and service are the substance of life.

Marian Wright Edelman

You can achieve much in life if you don't mind doing the work and giving someone else the credit.

Marian Wright Edelman

It is the responsibility of every adult — especially parents, educators, and religious leaders — to make sure that children hear what we have learned from the lessons of life, and to hear over and over that we love them and that they are not alone.

Marian Wright Edelman

Service to others is the rent you pay for living on this planet. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.

Marian Wright Edelman

Children—all children—are the world. Children are hope and life. Children are our immortality. Children are the seeds and the molders of history and the transmitters of our values— good and bad.

Marian Wright Edelman