5 Cesar Chavez Quotes on Character

Cesar Chavez quotes on character

49. I have met many, many farm workers and friends who love justice and who are willing to sacrifice for what is right. They have a quality about them that reminds me of the beatitudes. They are living examples that Jesus' promise is true: they have been hungry and thirsty for righteousness and they have been satisfied. They are determined, patient people who believe in life and who give strength to others. They have given me more love and hope and strength than they will ever know.

78. Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.

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82. Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.

87. People think non-violence is really weak and non-militant. These are misconceptions that people have because they don't understand what non-violence means. Non-violence takes more guts, if I can put it bluntly, than violence. Most violent acts are accomplished by getting the opponent off guard, and it doesn't take that much character, I think, if one wants to do it.

100. The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.