The Quotable MLKJ

I'd like to thank one of my most inspiring inspirers, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, a rock for civil and human rights.  It's easy for any of us to get caught up in the ebb and flow of daily life and forget what it is that we're fighting for; so we keep going back to what first drove us to do what we believe in.  Dr. King had a dream and a vision and by keeping that before him he brought hope to innumerable people-- we have so much to learn from great men and women like him.  So to end the week, a few quotes that I hope will refresh you as well...

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.


Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.


There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.


We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.


Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.  


The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.


Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.


The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.


We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.


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.


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.