Quality Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr

13 Quality quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr

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Martin Luther King, Jr.’s powerful voice extends to the concept of quality, urging higher standards in justice and humanity. Thirteen brief excerpts capture his enduring call for excellence in the fight for equality.

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To have serpentlike qualities devoid of dovelike qualities is to be passionless, mean, and selfish.

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The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.

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I am thankful, however, that some of our white brothers have grasped the meaning of this social revolution and committed themselves to…

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I think the inconveniences of a segregated education are much greater than the inconveniences of busing students so that they can get…

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And before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you've depended on more than half of the world. This is the way…

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The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.

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We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles rather than by the…

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If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps…

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Jesus reminds us that the good life combines the toughness of the serpent and the tenderness of the dove. To have serpent-like…

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Capitalism is always in danger of inspiring men to be more concerned about making a living than making a life. We are…

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Before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you've depended on more than half the world. This is the way our universe…

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The Negro has no room to make any substantial compromises because his store of advantages is too small. He must press unrelentingly…

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Agape is disinterested love. . . . Agape does not begin by discriminating between worthy and unworthy people, or any qualities people…

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Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God.

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