A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.
Marian Wright EdelmanEducation is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.
Marian Wright EdelmanI'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.
Marian Wright EdelmanThe question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can afford not to.
Marian Wright Edelman