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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.

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.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Life, Motivational
Strength to Love (1963) ch. 3

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Life, Motivational
Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Life, Motivational
"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life, Motivational, Respect
Speech at St. Louis, 22 Mar. 1964, in St Louis Post-Dispatch 23 Mar. 1964

Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Motivational, Change
Atlanta Magazine, April 2008.

We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there "is" such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and postive action.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Motivational, Today, Complacency
"Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence". Speech at Riverside Church in New York City, April 4, 1967.

If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo 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 a great street sweeper who did his job well.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Life, Motivational

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed; We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Motivational, Dream
Speech at Civil Rights March in Washington, 28 Aug. 1963, in New York Times 29 Aug. 1963, p. 21

An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Motivational, Respect, Kings
"Letter from Birmingham Jail," 16 Apr. 1963

Courage faces fear and thereby masters it

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Motivational, Success
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.138, Beacon Press

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Motivational, Spiritual, Men
BiographyPersonal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership
Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.147, Beacon Press

Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life, Motivational, Positive

I'm concerned about a better world. I'm concerned about justice; I'm concerned about brotherhood; I'm concerned about truth. And when one is concerned about that, he can never advocate violence. For through violence you may murder a murderer, but you can't murder murder. Through violence you may murder a liar, but you can't establish truth. Through violence you may murder a hater, but you can't murder hate through violence. Darkness cannot put out darkness; only light can do that.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Motivational, Hate, Liars
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.204, Beacon Press

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