My mother only said: Thank God the scorpion picked on me and spared my children.
Nissim Ezekiel
The saint, we are told,
once lived a life of sin –
nothing spectacular, of course,
just the usual things.
Nissim Ezekiel
One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives.
Subhas Chandra Bose
It is our duty to pay for our liberty with our own blood. The freedom that we shall win through our sacrifice and exertions, we shall be able to preserve with our own strength.
Subhas Chandra Bose
Forget not that the grossest crime is to compromise with injustice and wrong. Remember the eternal law: you must give, if you want to get.
Subhas Chandra Bose
To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.
Rosa Parks
People have said over the years that the reason I did not give up my seat was because I was tired. I did not think of being physically tired. My feet were not hurting. I was tired in a different way. I was tired of seeing so many men treated as boys and not called by their proper names or titles. I was tired of seeing children and women mistreated and disrespected because of the color of their skin. I was tired of Jim Crow laws, of legally enforced racial segregation.
Rosa Parks
Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.
Rosa Parks
(From AZ Quotes)
RAJA ARASA RATNAM 