Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.
Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
The time is always right to do what is right.
There comes a time when one must take the position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right.
Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!
Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.
Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'
A lie cannot live.
We cannot walk alone.
I have a dream today!
Violence is not the way.
Hate destroys the hater.
You're as good as anybody.
Find a voice in a whisper.
We must use time creatively.
I’ve been to the Mountaintop
Violence multiplies violence.
Rioting is not revolutionary.
I just want to do God’s will.
What are you doing for others?
But by all means, keep moving.
Let's build bridges, not walls.
Seeing is not always believing.
You have to keep moving forward
Be the best of whatever you are.
I've decided to stick with love.
America, you must be born again!
Unity has never meant uniformity.
unearned suffering is redemptive.
We ain't goin' study war no more.
There is no gain without struggle.
A right delayed is a right denied.
Be true to what you said on paper.
You only need a heart full of grace
Hate is too heavy a burden to bear.
In Christ there is no East nor West.
I am not afraid of the word tension.
