Marian Wright Edelman
Marian Wright Edelman
Marian Wright Edelmanis an American activist for the rights of children. She has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life. She is president and founder of the Children's Defense Fund...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth6 June 1939
CountryUnited States of America
Marian Wright Edelman quotes about
differences trying bigs
In trying to make a big difference, don't ignore the small daily differences we can make.
no-friends
In politics, there are no friends.
racism levels discrimination
There are levels of outrage, and there's a point at which you can't be trespassed upon anymore.
teacher children struggle
The legacies that parents and church and teachers left to my generation of Black children were priceless but not material: a living faith reflected in daily service, the discipline of hard work and stick-to-itiveness, and a capacity to struggle in the face of adversity.
religious helping-others people
I grew up in a very religious family and it is the motivating force to every thing I do. I am fortunate to have had adults all around me who really lived their faith, in helping other people and doing the best you can do.
grateful favors kind
Be grateful for good breaks and kind favors but don't count on them.
pieces seeds
In every seed of good there is always a piece of bad.
birth-control birth contraceptives
Hope is the best contraceptive.
grateful thinking important
I'm doing what I think I was put on this earth to do. And I'm really grateful to have something that I'm passionate about and that I think is profoundly important.
parent problem incredibles
Luckily, I had incredible parents who, when they saw a problem, didn't say, "Why doesn't somebody do something?" They would say, "Why don't we do something?".
glasses ceilings glass-ceiling
I never thought I was breaking a glass ceiling. I just had to do what I had to do, and it never occurred to me not to.
unfinished-work long remembrance
Our true remembrance to President Kennedy is in our actions to honor the unspoken words and finish the unfinished work today and tomorrow and for as long as it takes.
challenges segregation
It never occurred to me that I was not going to challenge segregation.
determined ancestor
You'd better stay determined, because that's how our ancestors got us where we are.