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“Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night.”
― Marian Wright Edelman

“You really can change the world if you care enough.”
― Marian Wright Edelman

“Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.”
― Marian Wright Edelman

“It is the responsibility of every adult... to make sure that children hear what we have learned from the lessons of life and to hear over and over that we love them and that they are not alone.”
― Marian Wright Edelman

“You can't be what you can't see.”
― Marian Wright Edelman

“So much of America's tragic and costly failure to care for all its children stems from our tendency to distinguish between our own children and other people's children--as if justice were divisible.”
― Marian Wright Edelman

“I was taught that the world had a lot of problems; that I could struggle and change them; that intellectual and material gifts brought the privilege and responsibility of sharing with others less fortunate; and that service is the rent each of us pays for living -- the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time or after you have reached your personal goals.”
― Marian Wright Edelman