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Martin Luther King, Jr .(1929-1968) Life's most urgent question is: what are you doing for others? -Martin Luther King, Jr All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. -Martin Luther King, Jr. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The time is always right to do what is right. - Martin Luther King, Jr. Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary. -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now. - Martin Luther King, Jr. The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. -Martin Luther King, Jr., civil-rights leader (1929-1968) If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven played 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. (1929-1968, American Black Leader, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 1964) One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it. - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., civil-rights leader (1929-1968) 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., 1929-1968, American Black Leader, Nobel Prize Winner, 1964 I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. - Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968, American Civil Rights Leader, Nobel Prize Winner We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.- Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968, American Civil Rights Leader, Nobel Prize Winner |