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.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JREverything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
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Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
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Whenever men and women straighten their backs up, they are going somewhere, because a man can’t ride your back unless it is bent
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Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles
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Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
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We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.
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I have decided to stick to love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.
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It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that’s pretty important.
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What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way.
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I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
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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.
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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.
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You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.
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If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream.
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No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.
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