Martin Luther King Jr Quotes - Page 3

Never let hatred give you an escort. It will drag your attention from all fortunes along the way.

Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down."--From My Brother Martin, by Christine King Farris

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 'works.' Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining…. We demand this fraud be stopped.

In its essence, Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech is one citizen’s soul-searing plea with his countrymen––Whites and Blacks––to recognize that racial disparities fueled by unwarranted bigotry were crippling America’s ability to shine as a true beacon of democracy in a world filled with people groping their way through suffocating shadows of political turmoil, economic oppression, military mayhem, starvation, and disease.

Everyone appears to be courageous until bad weathers arrive, and then we know the true leaders.

People who boast about age are actually forgetting something special. Age is not barrier to or elevator to success that’s the job of vision.

Most of the people who attempt to draw back the success of the world are those who don’t care about anything. They live life every day without asking why.

Most of the world’s problems are caused by people who made education compulsory, but personal development optional. Because of them, we have many intelligent people who lack good characters.

If you are someone who dislikes, condemns and rejects new ideas, you aren’t fit to lead.

Right isn't always legal.

A great number isn’t bad though, but doesn’t take numbers to change the world.

The essence of adversity is to show us the real brave people who can withstand it.

No one has the right to pee on your dreams!

The most difficult step ever is the first step. It comes with doubts, uncertainties, and all sort of fears. If you defy all odd and take it, your confidence will replicate very fast and you'll become a master!

The idea of freedom is complex and it is all-encompassing. It’s the idea that the economy must remain free of government persuasion. It’s the idea that the press must operate without government intrusion. And it’s the idea that the emails and phone records of Americans should remain free from government search and seizure. It’s the idea that parents must be the decision makers in regards to their children's education — not some government bureaucrat.But most importantly, it is the idea that the individual must be free to pursue his or her own happiness free from government dependence and free from government control. Because to be truly free is to be reliant on no one other than the author of our destiny. These are the ideas at the core of the Republican Party, and it is why I am a Republican. So my brothers and sisters of the American community, please join with me today in abandoning the government plantation and the Party of disappointment. So that we may all echo the words of one Republican leader who famously said, "Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, we are free at last.

Make your education valuable. Apply what you learnt. Refuse to take the back seat and watch things happen. Join the change and be part of the change.

I trust that you are aware that today’s success is tomorrow’s mediocrity. This means anything appealing today will be appalling tomorrow.

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 to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.

Do what you can with all love and passion irrespective of whether it pays you well or not. Joy in the result lives longer than the joy in the reward.

People who achieve marvelously in critical challenges are commended than people who achieve same things on the silver platter.

Don’t only think of which job to get and live on. Think about which problem to solve and the jobs will keep suggesting themselves.

You know, I gave you the benefit of the doubt earlier when I first encountered you, the raging beast—oh I mean bitch. But nowI truly think that if greats who devoted themselves and achieved in some way at killing evil with kindness like Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Mandela, Mother Teresa, well I think if any of them met you... they truly would break that seal of devotion and beat the bloody shit out of you.”“I take that as a compliment.”“Oh, I know you do.

This is an everyday question and you must take note of it always. When you wake up, it should be among your number one thoughts. What are you doing for others?

Cruel people are not only people who kill innocent people with guns. Individuals who steal from government coffers to enrich themselves at the expense of the poor are grossly cruel.

It is as simple as that. Birds fly because they have wings and so when you can’t grow the wings, you can’t be called a bird. Leaders make impacts because they create new ideas and so if you can’t think of any new innovative ideas, you can’t be a leader.

There's no Black, White, Asian, or Latinos. The only "RACE" is the "HUMAN-RACE".

One of the first steps to successful leadership is to forget your age and remember your dream.

Be passionate about your dreams and never give sleep to your eyes until your good becomes better and your better becomes the best.

Most people who were educated have become the "problems" instead of problem solvers.

A leader is a thorn in the flesh of oppressive people. They never feel comfortable when a leader stands up.

Not money, not fame and not positions can transform an enemy into a friend but rather, it is love that can do such a job.

If you are going to hide yourself and you will not stand against the work of the bad people, you have given them an endorsement.

If you are not going to divorce the status quo, you will give birth to mediocrity.

Be the initiator of things you wish to see, but can’t see. Be the originator of things you wish you feel but can’t feel.

If you hate to think, you are not different from some who is peeing on his academic certificates. The goal of education is to help you to think and lead.

You can lead if you can serve. You can serve when you can love. You can love when you are graced. The truth is that God knows love will be needed in volumes, this is why he made his grace abundant. Leaders are lovers. Misleaders are haters!

If you will always remember your age and forget your dream, you will live great years and narrow impacts will come out of it.

Sometimes, people don’t need our monies and our treasures. All they need is our encouragements to give them hope.

A leader is someone who creates better ways of doing things and better ways are new and comfortable ways.

People who run away from challenges are cowards and no coward deserves a reward.

Develop the muscles for hard work and never be an early quitter.

Never undermine the power of passion. You have a very high chance of achieving anything you are passionate about.

We can move in that direction as a country, in greater polarization - black people amongst blacks, and white amongst whites, filled with hatred toward one another. Or we can make an effort, as Martin Luther King did, to understand and to comprehend, and replace that violence, that stain of bloodshed that has spread across our land, with an effort to understand, compassion and love.... What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black.

True leaders are willing to die for their dreams. They don't oppress with ignorance; they impress with visions". They live like Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela...

It may sound strange, but I get the inspiration for most of my Dreams while I'm sleeping.

Don’t reduce your impacts to match what you earn.

You can’t be a self-leader if you are an enemy to yourself. Stop the hatred and love yourself.

You don’t see someone flying and you begin to bite yourself for not being able to do that. You do what you can.

A leader’s cross is the temporal pain they go through and his crown is the permanent gain when at last victory is achieved.

This fact is that the heaviest and more burdensome load ever is neither the cement bag nor the iron rod. It is hatred.

People who always want to be at convenient places won’t make a change at controversial places.

Freedom rings bells to wake us from the comfort of beautiful dreams and empower the efforts that turn them into reality.