Ruby Bridges Quotes: Inspiring Words from a Civil Rights Icon

Don’t follow the path. Go where there is no path and start a trail.

Racism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.

Each and every one of us is born with a clean heart. Our babies know nothing about hate or racism.

My message is really that racism has no place in the hearts and minds of our children.

The greatest lesson I learned that year in Mrs. Henry’s class was the lesson Dr. King tried to teach us all: Never judge people by the color of their skin. God makes each of us unique in ways that go much deeper.

True courage isn’t just about being brave. It’s about doing what’s right, even when it’s scary.

You run from fight, for freedom then you are not free. You can’t run from doing what’s right and expect for things to just get better.

I now know that experience comes to us for a purpose, and if we follow the guidance of the spirit within us, we will probably find that the purpose is a good one.

I believe that we can come to each other’s rescue and no longer be blinded by color.

What I do remember about first grade and that year was that it was very lonely. I didn’t understand – why was I alone? Today when I look back I understand.

We should look at a person, not a color.

I had never seen a white teacher before, but Mrs. Henry was the nicest teacher I ever had.

Don’t follow the path. Go where there is no path and start a trail.

Ruby Bridges Quotes: Inspiring Words from a Civil Rights Icon part 2

Each and every one of us is born with a clean heart.

Racism is a grown-up disease and we must stop using our children to spread it.

Overcoming adversity not only makes you stronger, it makes you more hopeful.

The greatest lesson I learned that year in Mrs. Henry’s class was the lesson Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to teach us all: Never judge people by the color of their skin. God makes each of us unique in ways that go much deeper.

My message is really that racism has no place in the hearts and minds of our children.

I now know that experience comes to us for a purpose, and if we follow the guidance of the spirit within us, we will probably find that the purpose is a good one.

Kids know nothing about racism. They?re taught that by adults.

What we should really be after is the elimination of ignorance. We would all be much better off if we were more informed.

In the area of civil rights where there is so much to be done, let no house be divided.

We must all come to the table of brotherhood. Together, we can make a difference.

If you think one child can’t change the world, look at me.

When you is fight for justice, remember you fight not just for yourself but for all peoples everywhere.

In love, there is no color, no race, no religion. We are all one big family of human beings.

Don’t follow the path. Go where there is no path and start a trail.

Racism is a grown-up disease and we should stop using kids to spread it.

My message is really that racism has no place in the hearts and minds of our children.

Each and every one of us is born with a clean heart. Our babies know nothing about hate or racism.

Imagine walking each day into a room of hatred, where even adults were afraid to go. I did that when I was six years old.

None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward.

It?s better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one, than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.

This is what happens when determined kids take on impossible tasks.

We get hung up on this child thing, which prevents adults from being adults. Sometimes adults are childish.

I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone, it’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone.