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Self Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
- The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites. The idealists are not usually realistic, and the realists are not usually idealistic. The…
- As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon…
- I could never adjust to the separate waiting rooms, separate eating places, separate rest rooms, partly because the separate was always unequal, and partly because…
- Freedom has always been an expensive thing. History is fit testimony to the fact that freedom is rarely gained without sacrifice and self-denial.
- I plan to stand by nonviolence, because I have found it to be a philosophy of life that regulates not only my dealings in the…
- We were not unmindful of the difficulties involved. So we decided to go through a process of self-purification.
- In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action.
- Your self-sacrificin g devotion to your purpose in life and your unwavering faith will carry you through times of difficulty.
- In his essay 'Self-Reliance' Emerson wrote, 'Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.' The Apostle Paul reminds us that whoso would be a…
- The self cannot be self without other selves.
- No man (sic) has learned to live until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all…
- An individual has not begun to live until he can rise above the narrow horizons of his particular individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of…
- I" cannot reach fulfillment without "thou." The self cannot be self without other selves. Self-concern without other-concern is like a tributary that has no outward…
- I feel that non-violence is really the only way that we can follow because violence is just so self-defeating. A riot ends up creating many…
- I am convinced that it is one of the most unjust wars that has ever been fought in the history of the world. Our involvement…
- The nonviolent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of those committed to…
- I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture of their minds, and…
- I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed; We hold these truths…
- In spite of the fact that the law of revenge solves no social problems, men continue to follow its disastrous leading. History is cluttered with…
- We can no longer afford to worship the God of hate or bow before the altar of retaliation. The oceans of history are made turbulent…
- The principle of self defense, even involving weapons and bloodshed, has never been condemned, even by Gandhi.
- Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery.
More Self Quotes
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. — Arthur Ashe
- Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. — Isaac Asimov
- Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
- That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it… — Mary Astell
- Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity. — Nancy Astor
- It's extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. The things that people always go on about is, 'tell us about us', 'tell us… — David Attenborough
- Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up. — Dean Acheson
- A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower… — Marcus Aurelius
- What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken! — Jane Austen
- We grow older, but we do not change. We become more sophisticated, but at bottom we continue to resemble our young selves,… — Paul Auster