Constructive Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr Download Open image “There is a type of constructive nonviolent tension that is necessary for growth” — Martin Luther King, Jr ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Constructive Creative tension Growth Tension Type
Coercion or compulsion never brings about growth. It is freedom that accelerates evolution. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
“We who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface hidden tension that is already… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Nonviolence is a plant of slow growth, it grows imperceptibly but surely. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Growth becomes less important than stability; we have to give people changes slowly. — Eliyahu Goldratt Copy Share Image
Non-violent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has constantly refused to negotiate is… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Tension is living in the gap between certainty and uncertainty. We always begin with what we know, and are irresistibly drawn to what we… — Dan Allender Copy Share Image
Growth is limited by that necessity which is present in the least amount. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. It may mean giving up familiar but limiting patterns, safe but unrewarding work, values no longer believed… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The need for growth, for development, for change, is fundamental to life. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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 Image
The supreme task is to organize and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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 Image
What seems so necessary today may not even be desirable tomorrow. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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 Image
It is extremely difficult to do anything constructive, let alone deep, on daily commercial television, especially on a talk show. — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
Fear is a negative thought in your mind. Supplant it with a constructive thought. Fear has killed millions. Confidence is greater than fear. Nothing… — Joseph Murphy Copy Share Image
Art shows us how to see things that are constructive and good, and to be an active part of that. — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
The goal in raising one's child is to enable him, first, to discover who he wants to be, and then to become a person… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
One of the great qualities of Chancellor Merkel is that she is steady. She analyzes a situation. She's honest. Sometimes we've had disagreements, but… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Trusting people to be creative and constructive when given more freedom does not imply an overly optimistic belief in the perfectibility of human nature.… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
Increasingly constructive doubt is the sign of advancing civilization. We must put question marks along many of our inherited legal dogmas, since they are… — Jerome Frank Copy Share Image
Coming to appreciate your worth can, in some cases, dramatically improve your circumstances by changing the choices you make and the actions you take.… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
I commend Sri Chinmoy for his faith and serenity, and I hope he will continue to exert his calming and constructive influence on the… — Brian Mulroney Copy Share Image
If only we could love ourselves enough to dare to approach God, what constructive dreams he would give us! What noble possibilities God wants… — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
There are times in everyone's life when something constructive is born out of adversity... when things seem so bad that you've got to grab… — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image