Cesar Chavez Quotes:
We learned many years ago that the rich may have money, but the poor have time.
Cesar Chavez
We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community… Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.
CESAR CHAVEZ
It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity.
CESAR CHAVEZ
There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
CESAR CHAVEZ
We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.
CESAR CHAVEZ
There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.
CESAR CHAVEZ
Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.
CESAR CHAVEZ
If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him… the people who give you their food give you their heart.
CESAR CHAVEZ
We farm workers are closest to food production. We were the first to recognize the serious health hazards of agriculture pesticides to both consumers and ourselves.
CESAR CHAVEZ
What we do know absolutely is that human lives are worth more than grapes and that innocent-looking grapes on the table may disguise poisonous residues hidden deep inside where washing cannot reach.
CESAR CHAVEZ
To be a man is to suffer for others. God help us to be men!
CESAR CHAVEZ
The end of all knowledge should be service to others.
CESAR CHAVEZ