--- title: "1 People Real Quotes By Rosa Parks" description: "1 People Real quotes by Rosa Parks. Plus more from Rosa Parks and more People Real sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/rosa-parks-4916_change_i-see-the-energy-of-young-people-as-a-re_2690065.jpg" --- > [I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/i-see-the-energy-of-young-people-as-a-real-force-for-positive-change/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/rosa-parks-4916_change_i-see-the-energy-of-young-people-as-a-re_2690065.jpg) ## More by Rosa Parks > [Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/racism-is-still-with-us-but-it-is-up-to-us-to-prepare-our-children/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) > [ “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, \[...\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/people-always-say-that-i-didn-t-give-up-my-seat-because-i-was-tired/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) > [Let us look at Jim Crow for the criminal he is and what he has done to one life multiplied millions of times over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/let-us-look-at-jim-crow-for-the-criminal-he-is-and-what-he-has-done/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) > [I have never been what you would call just an integrationist. I know I've been called that... Integrating that bus wouldn't mean more equality.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/i-have-never-been-what-you-would-call-just-an-integrationist-i-know-i/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) > [I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength. Long ago I set my mind to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/i-learned-to-put-my-trust-in-god-and-to-see-him-as-my-strength-long/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) > [One person can change the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/one-person-can-change-the-world/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) > [Many whites, even white Southerners told me that even though it may have seemed like the blacks were being freed (by my actions) they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/many-whites-even-white-southerners-told-me-that-even-though-it-may/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) > [There is no future without education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/there-is-no-future-without-education/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) > [If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/if-you-want-to-be-respected-for-your-actions-then-your-behavior-must/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) > [you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/you-must-never-be-fearful-about-what-you-are-doing-when-it-is-right/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) > [Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/have-you-ever-been-hurt-and-the-place-tries-to-heal-a-bit-and-you/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) > [Knowing what must be done does away with fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/knowing-what-must-be-done-does-away-with-fear/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) > [I thought about Emmett Till, and I could not go back. My legs and feet were not hurting, that is a stereotype. I paid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/i-thought-about-emmett-till-and-i-could-not-go-back-my-legs-and-feet/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) > [I thought of Emmett Till, and when the bus driver ordered me to move to the back, I just couldn’t move.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/i-thought-of-emmett-till-and-when-the-bus-driver-ordered-me-to-move/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) > [“At the time i didn't realize why there was so much Klan activity, but later I learned that it was because African-American soldiers werre…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/at-the-time-i-didn-t-realize-why-there-was-so-much-klan-activity-but/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-real/rosa-parks/#itemlist", "name": "1 People Real Quotes By Rosa Parks", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rosa Parks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/i-see-the-energy-of-young-people-as-a-real-force-for-positive-change/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/rosa-parks-4916_change_i-see-the-energy-of-young-people-as-a-re_2690065.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/rosa-parks-4916_change_i-see-the-energy-of-young-people-as-a-re_2690065.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/rosa-parks-4916_change_i-see-the-energy-of-young-people-as-a-re_2690065.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.” — Rosa Parks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-real/rosa-parks/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-real/rosa-parks/", "name": "People Real Quotes by Rosa Parks", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-real/rosa-parks/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/rosa-parks-4916_change_i-see-the-energy-of-young-people-as-a-re_2690065.jpg" }, "description": "1 People Real quotes by Rosa Parks. 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