200 Ruby Bridges Quotes and Sayings for Success

Filed in Quote by on November 16, 2023

Ruby Bridges, the full name Ruby Nell Bridges, was born on September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi, United States of America. check below to find the best of  Ruby Bridges Quotes to commemorate her incredible life and impact.

Ruby Bridges Quotes

Ruby Bridges Quotes

Stay relaxed and read these lovely and inspiring quotes from Ruby Bridges.

1. “Racism is a grownup disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.”

2. “You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.”

3. “The greatest lesson I learned that year in Mrs. Henry’s class was the lesson Dr Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to teach us all: Never judge people by the colour of their skin. God makes each of us unique in ways that go much deeper.”

4. “Racism is a form of hate. We pass it on to our young people. When we do that, we are robbing children of their innocence.”

5. “I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.”

6. “My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.”

7. “Evil isn’t prejudiced. It doesn’t care what you look like; it just wants a place to rest. It’s up to you whether you give it that place.”

8. “I do think that some people are born as old souls.”

9. “When I think about our babies today and them not being safe in school, I think that should be the next civil rights movement, you know, is to ban the assault weapons so that our babies can be safe.”

10. “We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.”

11. “If you really think about it, if we begin to teach history exactly the way that it happened – good, bad, ugly, no matter what I believe that we’re going to find that we are closer, more connected than we are apart.”

Black Motivational Quotes

12. “I believe in my prayers.”

13. “Evil looks like you and I. I know what evil looks like, and I know that it comes in all shades and colors.”

14. “We must absolutely take care of one another.”

15. “I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.”

16. “We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.”

17. “I wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.”

18. “A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.”

19. “I want to inspire kids.”

20. “We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.”

21. “I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.”

22. “Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.”

23. “I felt like there was something I needed to do speaking to kids and sharing my story with them and helping them understand racism has no place in the minds and hearts of children.”

24. “That’s really what my work is all about bringing kids together.”

25. “I think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that’s a shame.”

26. “My mother and our pastor always said you have to pray for your enemies and people who do you wrong, and that’s what I did.” “Ruby Bridges Quotes”

27. “I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.”

28. “I remember the first time seeing myself on TV when my family was watching the documentary ‘Eyes on the Prize’ for the first time. There were pictures of people going up the school stairs, and Mom said, ‘Oh, that’s you!’ I said, ‘I can’t believe this. This is important.”

29. “Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.”

30. “I’ve seen schools in Detroit where the windows are broken, where there’s no heat, and children are sitting with their coats on in class in the middle of a snowstorm. I’ve also seen schools in California with Olympic-sized swimming pools and cafeterias like five-star restaurants.”

31. “We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.” “Ruby Bridges Quotes”

32. “I remember turning onto the street. I saw barricades and police officers and, just, people everywhere. When I saw all of that, I immediately thought that it was Mardi Gras. I had no idea that they were here to keep me out of the school.”

33. “The people I passed every morning as I walked up the school’s steps were full of hate. They were white, but so was my teacher, who couldn’t have been more different from them. She was one of the most loving people I had ever known.”

34. “Once my school was integrated, and I was there with white kids and a few black kids, it really didn’t matter to us what we looked like.”

35. “I remember the first time seeing myself on TV when my family was watching the documentary ‘Eyes on the Prize’ for the first time. There were pictures of people going up the school stairs, and Mom said, ‘Oh, that’s you!’ I said, ‘I can’t believe this. This is important.’ Ruby Bridges.

36. “Kids know nothing about racism. They’re taught that by adults.”

37. “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 Quotes”

38. “When you start a new trail equipped with courage, strength, and conviction, the only thing that can stop you is you!”

39. “If kids have the opportunity to come together to get to know one another, they can judge for themselves who they want their friends to be. All children should have that choice. We, as adults, shouldn’t make those choices for children. That’s how racism starts.”

40. “Evil isn’t prejudiced. It doesn’t care what you look like; it just wants a place to rest. It’s up to you whether you give it that place.”

41. “Please God, forgive these people because even if they say those mean things they don’t know what they’re doing.”

Ruby Bridges Quotes

Stopping Racism Quotes

42. “The greatest lesson I learned that year in Mrs. Henry’s class was the lesson Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to teach us all: Never judge people by the colour of their skin. God makes each of us unique in ways that go much deeper.”

43. “If you really think about it, if we begin to teach history exactly the way that it happened good, bad, ugly, no matter what I believe that we’re going to find that we are closer, more connected than we are apart.”

44. “I’ve seen schools in Detroit where the windows are broken, where there’s no heat, and children are sitting with their coats on in class in the middle of a snowstorm. I’ve also seen schools in California with Olympic-sized swimming pools and cafeterias like five-star restaurants.”

45. “Once my school was integrated, and I was there with white kids and a few black kids, it really didn’t matter to us what we looked like.”

46. “I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.” “Ruby Bridges Quotes”

47. “I would dream that this coffin had wings, and it would fly around my bed at night, and so it was a dream that happened a lot, and that’s what frightened me.”

48. “We’d get these boxes of clothing in the mail, and my mom would say, ‘What makes you think all this is for you? You’ve got a sister right behind you.’ So then I realized, we’re all in this together. We have to help each other.”

49. “I never got the chance to meet Linda Brown; there were several times we were supposed to meet or be on the same stage together, but life gets in the way, and it never happened.”

Inspirational Bridge Quotes

50. “Every day, I would show up, and there were no kids, just me and my teacher in my classroom. Every day, I would be escorted by marshals past a mob of people protesting and boycotting the school. This went on for a whole year.”

51. “From age 7 to about 37, I had a normal life and not a very easy one.” “Ruby Bridges Quotes”

52. “Racism is a grownup disease and we must stop using our children to spread it.”

53. “Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.”

54. “Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.”

55. “My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.”

56. “Evil looks like you and I. I know what evil looks like, and I know that it comes in all shades and colors.”

57. “I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.”

58. “We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.”

59. “I wish there were enough marshals to walk with every child as they faced the hatred and racism today, and to support, encourage them the way these federal marshals did for me.”

60. “All of our schools should be good enough to attract a healthy racial mix, which, I believe, leads to the most effective learning for everybody.”

61. “Never judge people by the color of their skin.” “Ruby Bridges Quotes”

62. “The person that affected my life the most would have to have been my father because he shaped me into who I am today.”

Purpose Quotes

63. “History definitely should be taught the way it happened—good, bad or ugly.”

64. “The only bad thing about burning your bridges behind you is that the world is round.”

65. “None of our kids come into the world knowing anything about disliking one another.”

66. “It looked like diamonds, rubies, emeralds; he could think of nothing beautiful which it did not resemble.”

67. “We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.”

68. “A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.”

69. “Schools should be diverse if we are to get past racial differences.

70. “That’s really what my work is all about bringing kids together.”

71. “I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.”

72. “My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.”

73. “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.”

74. “God makes each of us unique in ways that go much deeper.”

75. “I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.”

76. “A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.” “Ruby Bridges Quotes”

77. “History definitely should be taught the way it happened—good, bad, or ugly.”

78. “The person that impacted my life the most would have to have been my father because he shaped me into who I am today.”

Famous Quotes

79. “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!”

80. “Once my school was integrated, and I was there with white kids and a few black kids, it really didn’t matter to us what we looked like.”

81. “When you start a new trail equipped with courage, strength, and conviction, the only thing that can stop you is you!

82. “I remember turning onto the street. I saw barricades and police officers and, just, people everywhere. When I saw all of that, I immediately thought that it was Mardi Gras. I had no idea that they were here to keep me out of the school. “

83. “Racism is a form of hate. We pass it on to our young people. When we do that, we are robbing children of their innocence.”

84. “If kids have the opportunity to come together to get to know one another, they can judge for themselves who they want their friends to be. All children should have that choice. We, as adults, shouldn’t make those choices for children. That’s how racism starts.”

85. “Racism is a grownup disease and we must stop using our children to spread it.”

86. “Never judge people by the color of their skin.”

87. “I wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.”

88. “I wish there were enough marshals to walk with every child as they faced the hatred and racism today, and to support, encourage them the way these federal marshals did for me.”

Quotes about Racism

89. “I think that racism is ugly and so unfair, and I believe that we all need one another.”

90. “Evil isn’t prejudiced. It doesn’t care what you look like; it just wants a place to rest. It’s up to you whether you give it that place.”

91. “My message is really that racism has no place in the hearts and minds of our children.”

92. “Evil looks like you and I. I know what evil looks like, and I know that it comes in all shades and colors.”

93. “From age 7 to about 37, I had a normal life and not a very easy one.”

Ruby Bridges Quotes

94. “Please God, forgive these people because even if they say those mean things they don’t know what they’re doing.”

95. “We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.”

96. “The only bad thing about burning your bridges behind you is that the world is round.”

97. “I like to share my story with children, and they are amazed by the story.”

98. “All of our schools should be good enough to attract a healthy racial mix, which, I believe, leads to the most effective learning for everybody.”.

99. “Wisdom is a gift but has nothing to do with age. That was probably the case with me.”

100. “We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.”

101. “None of our kids come into the world knowing anything about disliking one another.”

102. “The people I passed every morning as I walked up the school’s steps were full of hate. They were white, but so was my teacher, who couldn’t have been more different from them.”

Inspirational Legacy Quotes

103. “I do think that some people are born as old souls.”

104. “It looked like diamonds, rubies, emeralds; he could think of nothing beautiful which it did not resemble.”

105. “We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.”

106. “I had never seen a white teacher before, but Mrs. Henry was the nicest teacher I ever had.”

107. “Schools should be diverse if we are to get past racial differences.”

108. “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!”

109. ” I remember what it was like at age 6, not really understanding what was going on around me, but having all these grown-up thoughts running through my head about what I was facing, why this was happening. “

110. “Racism is a grown-up disease and we must stop using our children to spread it.”

111. “My message is really that racism has no place in the hearts and minds of our children.”

112. “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.”

113. “Kids know nothing about racism. They’re taught that by adults.”

114. “The only bad thing about burning your bridges behind you is that the world is round.”

115. I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.

116. It’s taken me a long time to own the early part of my life.

Quotes About Black Education

117. I’m the mother of four. “Ruby Bridges Quotes

118. Somehow, it always worked. Kneeling at the side of my bed and talking to the Lord made everything okay.

119. What we, as African Americans, stood on was our faith.

120. You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.

121. Throughout my life, my prayers have actively sustained me — held me up, carried me through.

122. There are all kinds of monuments to adults — usually dead and usually white. But we don’t often lift up the extraordinary work of children.

123. It’s time to get past our racial differences. We owe it to our children to help them keep their clean start.

124. We have to take care of each other’s children.

125. When the scary subject of race is finally broached, kids want to talk and talk. It’s very satisfying.

126. If we’re gonna get past our racial differences, it’s gonna come from our kids, but they have to be together to do that.

127. Kids come into the world with clean hearts and fresh starts.

128. That’s really what my work is all about–bringing kids together.

129. I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.

130. I would dream that this coffin had wings, and it would fly around my bed at night, and so it was a dream that happened a lot, and that’s what frightened me.

Ruby Bridges Quotes and Sayings

131. Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.

132. I had never seen a white teacher before, but Mrs. Henry was the nicest teacher I ever had.

133. Schools should be diverse if we are to get past racial differences.

134. We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.

135. I do think that some people are born old souls.

136. All of our schools should be good enough to attract a healthy racial mix, which, I believe, leads to the most effective learning for everybody.

137. I like to share my story with children, and they are amazed by the story.

138. We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.

139. None of our kids come into the world knowing anything about disliking one another.

140. Wisdom is a gift but has nothing to do with age. That was probably the case with me.

141. The only bad thing about burning your bridges behind you is that the world is round.

142. I wish there were enough marshals to walk with every child as they faced the hatred and racism today and to support, and encourage them the way these federal marshals did for me.

143. My mother and our pastor always said you have to pray for your enemies and people who do you wrong, and that’s what I did.

Best Ruby Bridges Quotes

144. “A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.”

145. “Racism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.”

146. “I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.”

147. “We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.”

148. “We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.”

149. “Good and evil come in all shades and colors. Evil is not prejudiced, evil just needs an opportunity to work through you.”

150. “Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.”

Ruby Bridges Quotes

151. “You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.

152. “Racism is something that we, as adults, have kept alive.”

153. “Each and every one of us is born with a clean heart. Our babies know nothing about hate or racism.”

154. “The only bad thing about burning your bridges behind you is that the world is round.”

155. “I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.”

156. “If kids have the opportunity to come together to get to know one another, they can judge for themselves who they want their friends to be. All children should have that choice. We, as adults, shouldn’t make those choices for children. That’s how racism starts.”

157. “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!”

158. “I believe in my prayers.”

Motivational Ruby Bridges Quotes

159. “That first morning I remember mom saying as I got dressed in my new outfit, ‘Now, I want you to behave yourself today, Ruby, and don’t be afraid. There might be a lot of people outside this new school, but I’ll be with you.’”

160. “My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.”

161. “In order to truly make lasting positive change—to keep Dr. King’s dream moving forward—we need to think big and act big.”

162. “I’ve been told that my ideas are grandiose. Yes, they are. However, so were the ideas that marched me through screaming crowds and up the stairs of William Frantz Elementary more than 50 years ago.”

163. “I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.”

164. “Throughout my life, my prayers have actively sustained me—held me up, carried me through.”

165. “What we, as African Americans, stood on was our faith.”

166. “I like to share my story with children, and they are amazed by the story.”

167. “That’s really what my work is all about—bringing kids together.”

168. “From age 7 to about 37, I had a normal life and not a very easy one.”

169. “The greatest lesson I learned that year in Mrs. Henry’s class was the lesson Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to teach us all. ‘Never judge people by the color of their skin. God makes each of us unique in ways that go much deeper.’”

170. “I was the first Black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.”

Quotes About Not Following the Crowd

171. “When I think about our babies today and them not being safe in school, I think that should be the next civil rights movement, you know, is to ban the assault weapons so that our babies can be safe.”

172. “We as African Americans knew that if we wanted to see change, we had to step up to the plate and make that change ourselves. Not everyone comes to that realization in their lives, but thank God Linda Brown’s father felt that way.”

173. “What bothered me most was the loneliness in school every day.”

174. “When the scary subject of race is finally broached, kids want to talk and talk. It’s very satisfying.”

175. “It’s taken me a long time to own the early part of my life.” “Ruby Bridges Quotes”

176. “If we’re gonna get past our racial differences, it’s gonna come from our kids, but they have to be together to do that.”

177. “I remember what it was like at age six, not really understanding what was going on around me, but having all these grown-up thoughts running through my head about what I was facing, why this was happening.”

178. “Please God, forgive these people because even if they say those mean things they don’t know what they’re doing.”

179. “I then realized that it wasn’t Mardi Gras or college, it was about me going to school there. I wasn’t mad at the boy because he said his mother said not to play with me because I was a nigger. ‘If my mother said not to play with him because he was another race, I wouldn’t.’”

Ruby Bridges Quotes

Wise Quotes on the Importance of Education

180. “All of our schools should be good enough to attract a healthy racial mix, which, I believe, leads to the most effective learning for everybody.”

181. “Once my school was integrated, and I was there with White kids and a few Black kids, it really didn’t matter to us what we looked like.”

182. “The funny part about the test was that six children passed it to go to the all-white schools, but none of them were boys, it was all girls. Later my parents found out that the two other girls in my district had been taken out by their parents because they thought it was going to be a bad idea. I was going to William Frantz alone.”

183. “What I do remember about first grade and that year was that it was very lonely. I didn’t have any friends, and I wasn’t allowed to go to the cafeteria or play on the playground.”

184. “I remember turning onto the street. I saw barricades and police officers and, just, people everywhere. When I saw all of that, I immediately thought that it was Mardi Gras. I had no idea that they were here to keep me out of the school.”

185. “There are all kinds of monuments to adults—usually dead and usually white. But we don’t often lift up the extraordinary work of children.”

186. “I had never seen a White teacher before, but Mrs. Henry was the nicest teacher I ever had.”

187. “Wisdom is a gift but has nothing to do with age. That was probably the case with me.”

188. “Administrations and administrative faculty work very hard to see that schools are diverse as much as possible.”

189. “The mission of the Ruby Bridges Foundation is to create educational opportunities like science camp that allow children from different racial, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds to build lasting relationships.”

190. “Schools should be diverse if we are to get past racial differences.”

191. “The people I passed every morning as I walked up the school’s steps were full of hate. They were white, but so was my teacher, who couldn’t have been more different from them. She was one of the most loving people I had ever known.”

192. “Every day, I would show up, and there were no kids, just me and my teacher in my classroom. Every day, I would be escorted by marshals past a mob of people protesting and boycotting the school. This went on for a whole year.”

193. “It’s not who you’re going to sit beside at school that matters now; it’s what resources will your school have.”

194. “I’ve seen schools in Detroit where the windows are broken, where there’s no heat, and children are sitting with their coats on in class in the middle of a snowstorm. I’ve also seen schools in California with Olympic-sized swimming pools and cafeterias like five-star restaurants.”

195. “I remember the first time seeing myself on TV when my family was watching the documentary ‘Eyes on the Prize’ for the first time. There were pictures of people going up the school stairs, and Mom said, ‘Oh, that’s you!’ I said, ‘I can’t believe this. This is important.’”

196. “If we are about what is good today, then we that are good, need to come together to fight what’s bad out there.”

197. “If my mama said not to do something, I didn’t do it.”

198. “We’d get these boxes of clothing in the mail, and my mom would say, ‘What makes you think all this is for you? You’ve got a sister right behind you.’ So then I realized, we’re all in this together. We have to help each other.”

199. “Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.”

200. “As African-Americans, people of that generation felt pretty much, if they were going to see changes in the world, they had to make sacrifices and step up to the plate.”

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