Wise Words from the Women of the Civil Rights Movements

Sunday-"Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injuresthe hater more than it injures the hated." -Coretta Scott King

Monday-"Don't measure your wealth by how much moneyyou have. Measure your wealth by how many things youhave that you wouldn't take money for."
-Myrlie Evers-Williams

Tuesday-"I have learned over the years that when one'smind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing whatmust be done does away with fear."
-Rosa Parks

Wednesday-"Faith is the first factor in a life devotedto service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it,nothing is impossible."
-Mary McCleod Bethune

Thursday-"As long as you keep a person down, some partof you has to be down there to hold him down, so itmeans you cannot soar as you otherwise might."
-Marian Anderson

Friday-"Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past,threatens the future and renders the presentinaccessible."
-Maya Angelou

Saturday-“I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.”
-Fannie Lou Hammer