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Cesar Chavez Quotes about Commitment

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We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.

We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.

Cesar Chavez
Strength, Struggle, Commitment
Cesar Chavez, Richard Jay Jensen, John C. Hammerback (2002). “The Words of César Chávez”, p.17, Texas A&M University Press

Being of service is not enough. You must become a servant of the people. When you do, you can demand their commitment in return.

Cesar Chavez
Commitment, People, Demand

There's no turning back...We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart.

Cesar Chavez
Heart, Commitment, Winning

We must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.

Cesar Chavez
Commitment, Discipline, Form
Cesar Chavez (2008). “An Organizer's Tale: Speeches”, p.351, Penguin

The name of the game is to talk to people. If you don't talk to people, you can't get started...You knock on twenty doors or so, and twenty guys tell you to go to hell, or that they haven't got time. But maybe at the fortieth or sixtieth house you find the one guy who is all you need. You're not going to organize everything; you're just going to get it started.

Cesar Chavez
Commitment, Doors, Games

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.

Cesar Chavez
Hard Work, Commitment, Acceptance

There are vivid memories from my childhood-what we had to go through because of low wages and the conditions, basically because there was no union. I suppose if I wanted to be fair I could say that I'm trying to settle a personal score. I could dramatize it by saying that I want to bring social justice to farm workers. But the truth is that I went through a lot of hell, and a lot of people did. If we can even the score a little for the workers then we are doing something. Besides, I don't know any other work I like to do better than this. I really don't.

Cesar Chavez
Memories, Commitment, People
Cesar Chavez (2008). “An Organizer's Tale: Speeches”, p.78, Penguin

Self dedication is a spiritual experience.

Cesar Chavez
Spiritual, Commitment, Dedication

...there has to be someone who is willing to do it, who is willing to take whatever risks are required. I don't think it can be done with money alone. The person has to be dedicated to the task. There has to be some other motivation.

Cesar Chavez
Motivation, Commitment, Thinking

The picket line is the best place to train organizers. One day on the picket line is where a man makes his commitment. The longer on the picket line, the stronger the commitment. A lot of workers think they make their commitment by walking off the job when nobody sees them. But you get a guy to walk off the field when his boss is watching and, in front of the other guys, throw down his tools and march right to the picket line, that is the guy who makes our strike. The picket line is a beautiful thing because it makes a man more human.

Cesar Chavez
Beautiful, Jobs, Commitment

Farm workers everywhere are angry and worried that we cannot win without violence. We have proved it before through persistence, hard work, faith and willingness to sacrifice. We can win and keep our own self-respect and build a great union that will secure the spirit of all people if we do it through a re-dedication and re-commitment to the struggle for justice through non-violence.

Cesar Chavez
Struggle, Commitment, Hard Work

In this world it is possible to achieve great material wealth, to live an opulent life. But a life built upon those things alone leaves a shallow legacy. In the end, we will be judged by other standards.

Cesar Chavez
Commitment, Legacy, World

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