This was really what I was supposed to be doing, and it was a great blessing to have discovered this, and to be doing what was God’s will for your life.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGWhen Good Friday comes, these are the moments in life when we feel there’s no hope. But then, Easter comes.
More Coretta Scott King Quotes
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Behind every good man, there’s a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn’t have nothing.
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Because Dr. King was human and not divine – although we think he was divine, he was just a man, an extraordinary man, but a man – and he would get depressed from time to time and disappointed about all kinds of things relative to the movement.
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If a man had nothing that was worth dying for, then he was not fit to live.
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An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
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I am convinced that the women of the world, united without any regard for national or racial dimensions, can become a most powerful force for international peace and brotherhood.
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It doesn’t matter how strong your opinions are. If you don’t use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.
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If you give your life to a cause in which you believe, and if it is right and just, and if your life comes to an end as a result of this, then your life could not have been spent in a more redemptive way. I think that is what my husband has done.
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If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.
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I always knew that I was called to do something. I didn’t know what, but I finally rationalized after I met Martin [Luther King, Jr.] and it took a lot of praying to discover this, that this was probably what God had called me to do, to marry him.
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The more visible signs of protest are gone, but I think there is a realization that the tactics of the late sixties are not sufficient to meet the challenges of the seventies.
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Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
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When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
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To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
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The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
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The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
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