"There were times when it would have been easy to give up and give in, but I was determined to hold my ground."

"Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground."

"To this day I wonder why I was spared that time. Many others were not."

"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, al…"

"There were times when it would have been easy to give up, but I knew that if I did, others would suffer."