Rosa Parks — "The only way to stop discrimination is to stand up to it."

"I was a person with a sense of dignity and self-respect, and I did not want to be abused."

"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear."

"I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in."

"Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground."

"People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was tired of gi…"