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Faith can give us courage to face the uncertainties of the future.

Faith can give us courage to face the uncertainties of the future.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Giving, Faces, Uncertainty
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.117, Beacon Press

He who is greatest among you shall be a servant. That's the new definition of greatness. ... By giving that definition of greatness, it means that everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mean, Greatness, Giving
"Day of service honors Martin Luther King Jr". www.cnn.com. January 18, 2011.

I choose to give my life for those who have been left out of the sunlight of opportunity

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Opportunity, Giving, Sunlight
Thomas F. Jackson, Martin Luther King (Jr.) (2007). “From Civil Rights to Human Rights: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Struggle for Economic Justice”, p.298, University of Pennsylvania Press

I would urge you to give priority to the search for God. Allow his spirit to permeate your being. ... If you do not have a deep and patient faith in God, you will be powerless to face the delays, disappointments, and vicissitudes that inevitably come.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Disappointment, Giving, Priorities
Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

We have moved into an era where we are called upon to raise certain basic questions about the whole society. We are still called upon to give aid to the beggar who finds himself in misery and agony on life's highway. But one day, we must ask the question of whether an edifice which produces beggars must not be restructured and refurbished.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Agony, Giving, Society

As a young man with most of my life ahead of me, I decided early to give my life to something eternal and absolute. Not to these little gods that are here today and gone tomorrow. But to God who is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Men, Yesterday, Giving
"Rediscovering Lost Values". Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Sermon at Detroit's Second Baptist Church, kinginstitute.stanford.edu. February 28, 1954.

Every now and then I think about my own death, and I think about my own funeral. [...] Every now and then I ask myself, 'What is it that I would want said?' I'd like somebody to mention that day, that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to give his life serving others. I'd like for somebody to say that day, that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to love somebody.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Kings, Thinking, Giving
"The Drum Major Instinct". Sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, February 4, 1968.

We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Education, Character, Giving
Martin Luther King (1992). “The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr”, p.124, Univ of California Press

Set yourself earnestly to discover what you are made to do, and then give yourself passionately to the doing of it.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Christian, Ambition, Giving
Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

True sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sympathy, Giving, Soul
Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

This Revolution is genuine because it was born from the same womb that always gives birth to massive social upheavals - the womb of intolerable conditions and unendurable situations.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Giving, Upheaval, Revolution
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.98, Beacon Press

I know that God is not going to willfully hurt us. Why there is suffering is the business of the Lord, but He never seems to give us more than we can bear.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hurt, Giving, Suffering

Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sympathy, True Friend, Giving
Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

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