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Martin Luther King Jr Quotes

Biography: Martin Luther King Jr. is known for his pivotal role in the American c... more Biography: Martin Luther King Jr. is known for his pivotal role in the American civil rights movement. A Baptist minister and activist, he championed nonviolent protest against racial segregation, significantly impacting the fight for racial equality. His famous "I Have a Dream" speech and leadership during the Montgomery Bus Boycott remain inspirational milestones. less

"I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law."

Tags: Compassion, Humanity, Unity, Equality, Social justice

"There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love."

Tags: Love, Relationships, Hope, Passion, Connection

"Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress."

Tags: Society, Justice, Equality, Civil rights, Fairness

"A right delayed is a right denied."

Tags: Freedom, Justice, Equality, Social justice, Human rights

"We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the positive affirmation of peace."

Tags: Positivity, Optimism, Peace, Harmony, War

"The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one."

Tags: Acceptance, Kindness, Gratitude, Appreciation, Generosity

"He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love."

Tags: Wisdom, Love, Relationships, Inner peace, Understanding

"If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michelangelo 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."

Tags: Inspiration, Dedication, Work ethic, Excellence, Duty

"Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness."

Tags: Inspiration, Personal growth, Ethics, Morality, Selflessness

"We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now."

Tags: Unity, Community, Equality, Diversity, Togetherness

"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."

Tags: Personal growth, Empathy, Humanity, Unity, Community

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."

Tags: Wisdom, Education, Responsibility, Awareness, Consciousness

"We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right."

Tags: Motivation, Inspiration, Creativity, Responsibility, Time management

"If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way."

Tags: Motivation, Inspiration, Personal growth, Self-improvement, Success

"No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for."

Tags: Self-discovery, Identity, Passion, Purpose, Existentialism

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