Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground.

I had felt for a long time, that if I was ever told to get up so a white person could sit, that I would refuse to do so.

There were times when it would have been easy to fall apart or to go in the opposite direction, but somehow I felt that if I took on more step, someone would come along to join me.

It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made a demand and I just didn't feel like obeying his demand. I was quite tired after spending a full day working.

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

Many whites, even white Southerners told me that even though it may have seemed like the blacks were being freed (by my actions) they felt more free and at ease themselves. They thought that my action didn't just free blacks but them, too.

Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.