27 Best Cesar Chavez Quotes on Education and Success

Cesar Chavez Building UpCharacter

The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.

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Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students.

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The end of all education should surely be service to others.

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The best educational process in the union is the picket line and the boycott. You learn about life.

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Cesar Chavez InitiativeStudents

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.

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Cesar Chavez Other Cultures

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

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Cesar Chavez KnowledgeServiceEnd

The end of all knowledge should be service to others.

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Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well ourselves.

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Cesar Chavez AcceptanceCommitment

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.

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When you have people together who believe in something - things happen.

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Cesar Chavez CommitmentDiscipline

We must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.

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Cesar Chavez And LoveNew Life

In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of meaning and love.

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Cesar Chavez

We have seen the future, and the future is ours.

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Cesar Chavez InspireLegacyWealth

True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire.

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Cesar Chavez FightingStrugglePeace

The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.

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Cesar Chavez HeartFoodLove

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.

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Cesar Chavez Praying

We're going to pray a lot and picket a lot.

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Cesar Chavez Self SacrificePeople

The thing that we have going for us is that people are willing to sacrifice themselves.

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Cesar Chavez FightingVictory

If you win non-violently, then you have a double victory, you have not only won your fight, but you remain free.

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Cesar Chavez EducationBookReal

Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?

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Cesar Chavez Being StrongStrength

You are never strong enough that you don't need help.

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I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry, and unhappy like we do.

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We are all people, human beings subject to the same temptations and faults as all others. Our poverty damages our dignity.

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Cesar Chavez True LifeGrants

Grant me courage to serve others; For in service there is true life.

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Cesar Chavez CreaturesBases

The basis for peace is respecting all creatures.

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Cesar Chavez ReflectionCharacter

Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.

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Our very lives are dependent, for sustenance, on the sweat and sacrifice of the campesinos.

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