--- title: "9 Tired Quotes By Rosa Parks" description: "9 Tired quotes by Rosa Parks. Plus more from Rosa Parks and more Tired sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af9/rosa-parks-4916_citizen_i-m-tired-of-being-treated-like-a-second_3202392.jpg" --- > [I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/i-m-tired-of-being-treated-like-a-second-class-citizen/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af9/rosa-parks-4916_citizen_i-m-tired-of-being-treated-like-a-second_3202392.jpg) > [Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/our-mistreatment-was-just-not-right-and-i-was-tired-of-it/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/rosa-parks-4916_african-american_our-mistreatment-was-just-not-right-and_2459473.jpg) > [The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/the-only-tired-i-was-was-tired-of-giving-in/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/rosa-parks-4916_courage_the-only-tired-i-was-was-tired-of-giving_2245268.jpg) > [I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/i-had-no-idea-that-history-was-being-made-i-was-just-tired-of-giving/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/rosa-parks-4916_african-american_i-had-no-idea-that-history-was-being-mad_1161152.jpg) > [I had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired. Tired from my work as a seamstress, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/i-had-given-up-my-seat-before-but-this-day-i-was-especially-tired/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99f/rosa-parks-4916_ache_i-had-given-up-my-seat-before-but-this-d_665379.jpg) > [People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. No, the only tired…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/people-always-say-that-i-didn-t-give-up-my-seat-because-i-was-tired-3/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/727/rosa-parks-4916_civil-rights_people-always-say-that-i-didn-t-give-up_2834501.jpg) > [It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made a demand and I just didn't feel like obeying his demand.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/it-was-not-pre-arranged-it-just-happened-that-the-driver-made-a/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cd/rosa-parks-4916_demand_it-was-not-pre-arranged-it-just-happened_1977459.jpg) > [“People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01a/rosa-parks-4916_giving_people-always-say-that-i-didn-t-give-up_85597.jpg) > [People have said over the years that the reason I did not give up my seat was because I was tired. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/people-have-said-over-the-years-that-the-reason-i-did-not-give-up-my/) [Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/707/rosa-parks-4916_boys_people-have-said-over-the-years-that-the_1860994.jpg) ## Other authors on Tired ## 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/tired/rosa-parks/#itemlist", "name": "9 Tired Quotes By Rosa Parks", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rosa Parks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/i-m-tired-of-being-treated-like-a-second-class-citizen/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af9/rosa-parks-4916_citizen_i-m-tired-of-being-treated-like-a-second_3202392.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af9/rosa-parks-4916_citizen_i-m-tired-of-being-treated-like-a-second_3202392.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af9/rosa-parks-4916_citizen_i-m-tired-of-being-treated-like-a-second_3202392.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.” — Rosa Parks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rosa Parks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/our-mistreatment-was-just-not-right-and-i-was-tired-of-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/rosa-parks-4916_african-american_our-mistreatment-was-just-not-right-and_2459473.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/rosa-parks-4916_african-american_our-mistreatment-was-just-not-right-and_2459473.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/rosa-parks-4916_african-american_our-mistreatment-was-just-not-right-and_2459473.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.” — Rosa Parks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rosa Parks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/the-only-tired-i-was-was-tired-of-giving-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/rosa-parks-4916_courage_the-only-tired-i-was-was-tired-of-giving_2245268.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/rosa-parks-4916_courage_the-only-tired-i-was-was-tired-of-giving_2245268.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/rosa-parks-4916_courage_the-only-tired-i-was-was-tired-of-giving_2245268.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” — Rosa Parks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had no idea that history was being made. 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