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Martin Luther King Jr.
Born: 1929
Died: 1968
Be encouraged by our the words of Martin Luther King Jr. This very famous man had a strong personality and determination.
He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
He was a civil rights leader, and a Baptist minister and lived in the US. His life ended to early when an assassin’s bullet claimed his life in 1968.
Martin Luther King Jr Great Quotes
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed – we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
“Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.”
“If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values – that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.”
“I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
“Nothing pains some people more than having to think.”
“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
“We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.”
“Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.”
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
“Life’s most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?”
“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
“Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”
“There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”
“Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.”
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
“If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived…”
“Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.”
“The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.”
“I just want to do God’s will. And he’s allowed me to go to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land.”
“Never, never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.”
“There comes a time when one must take the position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right.”
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.”
“We must use time creatively – and forever realize that the time is always hope to do great things.”
“Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”
“Man is man because he is free to operate within the framework of his destiny. He is free to deliberate, to make decisions, and to choose between alternative.”
“We must combine the toughness of the serpent and the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.”
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
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