[E]very human life is a reflection of divinity, and... every act of injustice mars and defaces the image of God in man. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I choose to give my life for those who have been left out of the sunlight of opportunity — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The end of life is not to be happy, nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain, but to do the will of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The potential beauty of human life is constantly made ugly by man's ever-recurring song of retaliation. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I guess one of the great agonies of life is that we are constantly trying to finish that which is unfinishable — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
If a person sweeps streets for a living, he should sweep them as Michelangelo painted, as Beethoven composed, as Shakespear wrote. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Nothing is so much needed as a secure family life for a people seeking to rise out of poverty and backwardness. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The spirit of Lincoln still lives; that spirit born of the teachings of the Nazarene, who promised mercy to the merciful, who… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I still believe that standing up for the truth of God is the greatest thing in the world. This is the end… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Mankind's survival is dependent on man's ability to solve the problems of racial injustice, poverty, and war; the solution of these problems… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Hatred and bitterness can never cure the disease of fear; only love can do that. Hatred paralyzes life; love harmonies it. Hatred… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Man was born into barbarism when killing his fellow man was a normal condition of existence. He became endowed with a conscience.… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God's children… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Agape is something of the understanding, creative, redemptive goodwill for all men. It is a love that seeks nothing in return. It… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Capitalism is always in danger of inspiring men to be more concerned about making a living than making a life. We are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We have moved into an era where we are called upon to raise certain basic questions about the whole society. We are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We will never have peace in the world until men everywhere recognize that ends are not cut off from means, because the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Every now and then I think about my own death, and I think about my own funeral. ... Every now and then… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Jesus reminds us that the good life combines the toughness of the serpent and the tenderness of the dove. To have serpent-like… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
At times, life is hard, as hard as crucible steel. It has its bleak and painful moments. Like the ever flowing water… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Oh, the worst of all tragedies is not to die young, but to live until I am seventy five and yet not… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It seems to me that education has a two-fold function to perform in the life of man and in society: the one… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We must discover the power of love, the power, the redemptive power of love. And when we discover that we will be… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets as Raphael painted pictures, sweep streets as Michelangelo carved marble,… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
If I can help somebody as I pass along, if I can cheer somebody with a word or song, if I can… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The major problem of life is learning how to handle the costly interruptions. The door that slams shut, the plan that got… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Now let me say that the next thing we must be concerned about if we are to have peace on earth and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties, and if you think for a moment, you will realize… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The existence of poverty in the US should not be accepted as a necessary evil or insoluble problem, but should be considered… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I must face the fact, as all others in positions of leadership must do, that America today is an extremely sick nation,… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
As a young man with most of my life ahead of me, I decided early to give my life to something eternal… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Life's piano can only produce melodies of brotherhood (and sisterhood) when it is recognized that the black keys are as basic, necessary… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
And when you discover what you will be in your life, set out to do it as if God Almighty called you… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Even though I have never had an abrupt conversion experience, religion has been real to me and closely knitted to life. In… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The profit motive, when it is the sole basis of an economic system, encourages a cutthroat competition and selfish ambition that inspires… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
When we see social relationships controlled everywhere by the principles which Jesus illustrated in life -- trust, love, mercy, and altruism --… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
Somewhere somebody must have some sense. Men must see that force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
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… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
The supreme task is to organize and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe. And… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
What seems so necessary today may not even be desirable tomorrow. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
The majority of the Negroes who took part in the year-long boycott of Montgomery's buses were poor and untutored; but they understood the essence… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
Whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth, — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
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