Each person must live their life as a model for others.
I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.
Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made a demand and I just didn’t feel like obeying his demand. I was quite tired after spending a full day working.
Without a vision the people perish, but without courage dreams die.
I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
As long as there is unemployment, war, crime and all things that go to the infliction of man’s inhumanity to man, regardless – there is much to be done, and people need to work together.
I will always work for human rights for all people.
I want to be treated like a human being.
At the time I was arrested I had no idea it would turn into this. It was just a day like any other day. The only thing that made it significant was that the masses of the people joined in.
I had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired. Tired from my work as a seamstress, and tired from the ache in my heart.
I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.
Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble, and trusted, this is recognized by others.
I thought of Emmett Till, and when the bus driver ordered me to move to the back, I just couldn’t move.
The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.
I had been pushed as far as I could stand.
I did not get on the bus to get arrested I got on the bus to go home.
Nothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says that we must treat others in a way that we would want to be treated.