Marian Wright Edelman - Time Quotes

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If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.

Marian Wright Edelman

It doesn't matter how many times you fall down. What matters is how many times you get up.

Marian Wright Edelman

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.

Marian Wright Edelman

No time is ever wasted if you have a book along as a companion.

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

It's time for greatness, not greed. Idealism, not ideology. It's a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action.

Marian Wright Edelman