Today is Martin Luther King Day. I am a big fan of his....and believe in my heart that I would have walked beside him in his plight for equality. It takes a wild heart, a brave soul, a determined courage, a never ending love and a dream -- we cannot forget the dream.
Some of my favorite quotes from a beautiful man:
Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.:
*Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
*I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
*Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
*I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
*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.
*A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.
*Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
*A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.
*An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
*In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
*Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
*Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.
*A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.
*Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
*We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
*The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.
* A lie cannot live. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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