Rosa Parks

"Each person must live their life as a model for others and be responsible for their actions."

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."

"I would rather go to jail than accept injustice."

"I wanted to be treated as an equal."

"Sit down and be quiet so we can talk."

"I have learned that people will forget what you said, but they will remember how you made them feel."

"My grandmother gave me a lot of love and care."

"In each of us there is some good. In each of us there is some evil."

"I am not tired of living, I am tired of being pushed around."

"I would like to be remembered as a person."

"I did what I had to do."

"Determination is what is needed in any important battle in life."

"I would like to be treated as a first-class citizen."

"I have always been convinced that when one's mind is made up, fear goes away."

"Each generation must discover its mission."

"I was just treated as a second-class citizen."

"I wanted to go to school and that school was closed down because of integration."

"My mother and my grandmother raised me."

"I had dreams and aspirations for myself."

"If you are troubled, you can always go and sit on the bank of the river and the river will tell you how to behave."

"Being treated as an equal is a basic human need."

"We are the same people regardless of race or skin color."

"I sit down and think of how to move forward."

"To be treated as equal is what I wanted."

"I was frightened of nothing but God."

"Confidence is the first step toward any kind of change."

"I took the bus every day to do my job."

"I'm going to hold my head up high and do what is right."

"Each person must live their life as a model."

"Peace is what we all want, not war."