Five or Nine Quotes from Marian Wright Edelman

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“You really can change the world if you care enough.”

“Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.”

“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.”

“Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right.”

“Service is the rent we pay for living."

“If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.”

“You were born God's original. Try not to become someone's copy.”

“If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.”

“It's time for greatness -- not for greed. It's a time for idealism -- not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action.”

Urban Simplicity.