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.

There is no future without education.

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.

People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

Every day before supper and before we went to services on Sundays. My grandmother would read the Bible to me, and my grandfather would pray. We even had devotions before going to pick cotton in the fields. Prayer and the Bible, became a part of my everyday thoughts and beliefs. I learned to put my trust in God and to seek Him as my strength.

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.

You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.