The best Quotes by Rosa Parks

God has always given me the strength to say what is right.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically... No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

Rosa Parks is a whole entire Civil Rights hero. She's a shero.

The biggest difference from Hawaii and Alabama would probably be there's no beaches. But other than that, the people are very nice.

How long does it take to get from Louisiana to Alabama?
One Mississippi.

Leroy Brown: "Joe! That's your grandniece, that's kin to you!"
Joe Simmons: "Grandniece? What the hell is a grandniece? I'm from Alabama. After daughter, it don't damn matter."

Alabamians don't tell you to wait before rushing a decision… they say "don't count your chickens before they hatch."

Alabama girls - the kind of girl you can take home to meet your mom, but can outdrink your dad.

Home is where the heart is and the heart is in Alabama.

The only traffic I had to deal with in Alabama was a tractor.

Dear Hope, The state of Alabama has like a million Waffle Houses and I can't stop thinking about what it felt like to kiss you.

It's not red. It's crimson.
We are the Crimson Tide. Our mascot is an elephant.
There's no place like Tuscaloosa on gameday.
And Bryant-Denny Stadium has no equal.
Fall or spring, it's always a big game when 'Bama plays.
We play Rammer Jammer when we win. We play it a lot.
We don't live in the past. It's just that our past is better than yours.
So to set the record straight... this is ALABAMA FOOTBALL!

Mr. Garrison: "Where are you from?"
Damien: "The Seventh Layer of Hell."
Mr. Garrison: "Oh, my mother was from Alabama."

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Alabama - and that's pretty much the same thing.

You can leave Detroit, but it will never leave you.

There's cities that get by on their good looks. Detroit has to work for a living.

Detroit turned out to be heaven, but it also turned out to be hell.

Detroit, the heart of the country... I grew up on 10 Mile, 2 miles better than 8 Mile.

I come from Detroit where it's rough and I'm not a smooth talker.

Everything I've done in my career has started in and around Detroit, you know, the metro area and Michigan.

There are cities that get by on their good looks, offer climate and scenery, views of mountains or oceans, rockbound or with palm trees. And there are cities like Detroit that have to work for a living.

It's our "white" responsibility to make sure people who speak out about racism are safe at all times. This means ending structural racism in our societies, authorities and media.

Nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from.

Nationalists are saying, "you're disrespecting our flag." Well, you know what else is disrespectful to our flag? Racism.

God judges men by their hearts, not by the color of their skins.

America promises equal opportunity to everyone, no matter who you are. You can go to a good school, get a great job, live in a great house. But non of that is possible without that white man's stamp of approval.

Bam: "If I could, I would've folded myself up in there for you as your gift."
Joe: "Bam. You couldn't fold yourself up in a pickup truck."

Children are gonna live their own lives whether we want them to or not.

I'll give you a lesson in life. In the morning, the sun will rise, and if it don't, you have died.

A future isn't a future without a past.

Tim: "How you doin'?"
Joe: "Uh, fair to middlin'. Nuts don't work, but they still trying. They'll crank out a little now and then to make her happy."
Tim: "Okay... uh, I didn't need to know that."

Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved.

Time after time after time I do all this shit for other people, and then I wake up and I'm empty. I have nothing.

Live for yourself and you will live in vain;
Live for others, and you will live again.

Talk is cheap, but when you go out there and prove it - you're the first one to show up for practice, and you're the last to leave - that's how you lead by example.

When you speak and represent the person of Jesus Christ in all actions of your life, people are drawn to that. You set the standard with your actions. The words can come after.

Being a role model does not mean being perfect.

Men must be free to do what they believe. It is not our right to punish one for thinking what they do, no matter how much we disagree.

Education is the most powerful weapon you can choose to change the world.

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself plainly when you have need of him.

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.

The best moments in life are the ones that make us smile when we think about them.