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 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. — Rosa Parks, My Story
Rosa Parks didn’t give up her seat, because she was tired of giving in.
When we don’t give up, we don’t give in.
When we give up, we give in.
Don’t give up. Don’t give in. 1
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- One of life’s great paradoxes is that, often, the most powerful change comes from those that stand their ground. ↩