If peace means keeping my mouth shut in the midst of injustice and evil, I don’t want it. If peace means a willingness to be exploited economically, dominated politically, humiliated and segregated, I don’t want peace.
—Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Sunday Inspiration: The Ultimate Measure
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 Jr.
Sunday Inspiration: In the Darkness
Only in the darkness can you see the stars.
—Martin Luther King Jr.
Sunday Inspiration: Good and Evil
When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love.
—Martin Luther King Jr.
Sunday Inspiration: Where One Stands
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 Jr.
Sunday Inspiration: Leadership
We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity.
—Martin Luther King Jr.
Sunday Inspiration: Love
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
—Martin Luther King Jr.
Sunday Inspiration: Community
I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be.
—Martin Luther King Jr.
Sunday Inspiration: For Others
Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, “What are you doing for others?”
—Martin Luther King Jr.
Sunday Inspiration: Hate
Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.
—Martin Luther King Jr.
