All Ruby Bridges Quotes & Sayings

Don't follow the path. Go where there is no path and begin the trail. When you start a new trail equipped with courage, strength and conviction, the only thing that can stop you is you! — Ruby Bridges

I now know that experience comes to us for a purpose, and if we follow the guidance of the spirit within us, we will probably find that the purpose is a good one. — Ruby Bridges

Racism is a grown-up disease and we must stop using our children to spread it. — Ruby Bridges

They forgot who she was:
Something fantastic we could never explain. Someone better and bolder than every one of us. Someone to paint murals and build bridges for. Someone worth every ounce of our love.

Someone powerful, but in the end not powerful enough. — Nova Ren Suma

Kids know nothing about racism. They're taught that by adults. — Ruby Bridges

My message is really that racism has no place in the hearts and minds of our children. — Ruby Bridges