civil rights quote responses (follow all directions.) 1.write down the quote and the author. 2.write...

CIVIL RIGHTS QUOTE RESPONSES

(Follow all directions.)

1. Write down the quote and the author.

2. Write what you think the quote means in your own words.

3. Make a connection from the quote to your own life or the Civil Rights movement.

Faith is taking one step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the

triumph over it.Nelson Mandela

OCTOBER 29, 2014

A man is but the product of his thoughts - what he

thinks, he becomes.Mahatma Gandhi

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out

hate; only love can do that.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

OCTOBER 31, 2014

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more

hills to climb.Nelson Mandela

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you,

then they fight you, then you win.

Mahatma Gandhi

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

A man who will not die for something is not fit

to live.Martin Luther King, Jr.

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Education is the most powerful weapon that you can use to change

the world.Nelson Mandela

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Mahatma Gandhi

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

It always seems impossible until it is

done.Nelson Mandela

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of

correct understanding.Mahatma Gandhi

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too

great a burden to bear.Martin Luther King,

Jr.

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

There is no passion to be found in playing small - in

settling for a life that is less than the one you are

capable of living.Nelson Mandela

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

The weak can never forgive.

is the attribute of the strong.

Mahatma Gandhi

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains,

but to live in a way that respects and enhances the

freedom of others.Nelson Mandela

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

A “No” uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a “Yes”

merely to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

Mahatma Gandhi

NOVEMBER 20, 2014