I am inspired by this inspirational quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Be a bush if you can’t be a tree. If you can’t be a highway, just be a trail. If you can’t be a sun, be a star. It isn’t by size that you win or you fail. Be the best of […]
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17 Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes You Never Hear While best known for his “I Have a Dream” speech, King’s legacy included much more than that. posted on Jan. 19, 2013, at 8:21 a.m. Heben Nigatu BuzzFeed Staff http://www.buzzfeed.com/hnigatu/17-martin-luther-king-jr-quotes-you-never-hear#.lbJR0x4wX
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James was emphatic – this should not be. 9 But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. Favoritism is as bad a sin as any other. Like Tony Evans says: Racism isn’t a bad habit; it’s not a mistake; it’s a sin. The answer is not sociology; it’s […]
Here a are a few more MLK quotes regarding the use of time for justice: Interviewer: Would you call yourself a gradualist, in terms of integration? MLK: “I think not. The word gradualism…is so often an excuse for escapism and do-nothingism which ends up in stand-stillism.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcmlsYVla7g&feature=player_embedded When you are right, you cannot be […]
Here’s the famous quote that Dr. King did write about time: We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people. Here is the context of that quote: I had also hoped that the white moderate […]
Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963 http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst306/documents/letter.html But though I was initially disappointed at being categorized as an extremist, as I continued to think about the matter I gradually gained a measure of satisfaction from the label. Was not Jesus and extremist for love: “Love your enemies, bless them that curse […]