As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.

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

My resisting being mistreated on the bus did not begin with that particular arrest…I did a lot of walking in Montgomery.

To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.

The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.

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.

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.