Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.
Marian Wright EdelmanTags: inspirational service
Service is the rent we pay for living.
Marian Wright EdelmanIf you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.
Marian Wright EdelmanIt's time for greatness -- not for greed. It's a time for idealism -- not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action.
Marian Wright EdelmanSo 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 EdelmanNever work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night.
Marian Wright EdelmanYou were born God's original. Try not to become someone's copy.
Marian Wright EdelmanI 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 EdelmanA lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back-but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.
Marian Wright EdelmanDon’t feel entitled to anything you don’t sweat and struggle for
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