If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him… the people who give you their food give you their heart.

Meaning of the quote

The quote means that if you want to become friends with someone, the best way is to go to their home and share a meal together. When people share their food with you, it shows they trust you and care about you. Eating with someone is a special way to connect and build a friendship.

About Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW) union. He was known for his nonviolent tactics, including pickets and boycotts, and his use of Catholic symbolism in his campaigns to improve the lives of farmworkers.

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We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community – and this nation.

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We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.

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You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.

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We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community… Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.

Cesar Chavez

American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist (1927-1993)

Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.

Cesar Chavez

American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist (1927-1993)

Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.

Cesar Chavez

American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist (1927-1993)

Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

Cesar Chavez

American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist (1927-1993)