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Work Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
- We have deluded ourselves into believing the myth that capitalism grew and prospered out of the Protestant ethic of hard work and sacrifices. Capitalism was…
- I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow…
- Whatever your life's work is, do it well.
- If I sought to answer all of the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would be engaged in little else in the course of…
- We must work passionately and unrelentingly for the goal of freedom, but we must be sure that our hands are clean in the struggle. We…
- I am indebted to my wife Coretta, without whose love, sacrifices, and loyalty neither life nor work would bring fulfillment. She has given me words…
- Without hard work, time itself becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation. So we must help time and realize that the time…
- Had it not been for the ministry of my good friend Dr. Billy Graham, my work in the civil rights movement would not have been…
- Whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth,
- We are not wrong, we are not wrong in what we are doing. If we are wrong, the Supreme Court of this nation is wrong.…
- We must work passionately and indefatigably to bridge the gulf between our scientific progress and our moral progress. One of the great problems of mankind…
- I question and soul-search constantly into myself to be as certain as I can that I am fulfilling the true meaning of my work, that…
- Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for…
- Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern…
- Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could…
- All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
- If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare…
- I look forward confidently to the day when all who work for a living will be one with no thought to their separateness as Negroes,…
- I said to my children, 'I'm going to work and do everything that I can do to see that you get a good education. I…
- In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as 'right-to-work.' It provides no 'rights' and no…
- We can walk through the darkest night with the radiant conviction that all things work together for the good.
- We must have the faith that things will work out somehow, that God will make a way for us when there seems no way.
More Work Quotes
- I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. — Aaliyah
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. — Aristotle
- Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. — Aristotle
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Well begun is half done. — Aristotle
- The end of labor is to gain leisure. — Aristotle
- I try to work on shows that I would want to watch. — J. J. Abrams
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach