Marian Wright Edelman Quotes About Choices

Quotes about: Choices

• You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a choice about the kind of parent you will be.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Parent, Choices, Kind

  Marian Wright Edelman (2013). “The Measure of our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours”, p.63, Beacon Press

• Investing in [children] is not a national luxury or a national choice. It's a national necessity. If the foundation of your house is crumbling, you don't say you can't afford to fix it while you're building astronomically expensive fences to protect it from outside enemies. The issue is not are we going to pay - it's are we going to pay now, up front, or are we going to pay a whole lot more later on.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Children, Luxury, Issues

• Together we can and must fight for justice for our children and protect them from draconian tax cuts and budget choices that threaten their survival, education and preparation for the future. If they are not ready for tomorrow, neither is America.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Children, Cutting, Fighting

  "Be Careful What You Cut" by Marian Wright Edelman, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 10, 2012.

• I don't care what my children choose to do professionally, just as long as within their choices they understand they've got to give something back.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Children, Long, Giving

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