Martin Luther King Jr.
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
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.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
Lives most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others ?
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
Hatred paralyzes life, love releases it. Hatred confuses life, love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life, love illumines it.
Love is a verb.
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
The time is always right to do what is right.
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as painted, or composed music or wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.
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.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer.
This is the beginning of a new day.
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship - never.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
Never close your lips to those whom you have opened your heart.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.
We have got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true.
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
Every achiever I have ever met says, My life turned around when I began to believe in me.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
There's always a way - if you're committed.
Love is a fruit in season at all times.
Don't think it, ink it.
Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
Leadership - The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities -- they're always there.
Love, the irresistable desire to be irresistibly desired.
The sun will come up tomorrow
Love conquers all things, let us too surrender to love.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized ; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities.
Open the pod bay doors,
Don't fall victim to your own melodrama. Keep things in perspective. The odds are that your problem is solvable. Address the solution and don't dwell on the problem to the point at which it paralyzes you.
Most ball games are lost, not won.
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time ?
There are no secrets to success it is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
What is life without the radiance of love.
The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere, they're in each other all along.
Come, let us make love deathless.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
The gem can not be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.
Do or do not, there is no try.
Love is not only something you feel. It's something you do.
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
I tended to place my wife under a pedestal.
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din.
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability... . We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is.
Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.
Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.
Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about.
Oh, yeah, woody ! I've known that guy my whole life: Two days.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
Keep your heart open for as long as you can, as wide as you can, for others and especially for yourself.
No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -- unless you let him.
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
Love is more than a feeling, it's a state of mind.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
What you do speaks so loudly that I can not hear what you say.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
Tell me and I forget , show me and I remember , involve me and I understand.
Never Quit.
You make me want to be a better man.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
The word courage comes from the same stem as the French word coeur, meaning ''heart''. Thus just as one's heart, by pumping blood to one's arms, legs, and brain enables all the other physical organs to function, so courage makes possible all the psychological virtues. Without courage other values whither away into mere facsimiles of virtue.
Never say more than is necessary.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
The entire law is summed up in a single command, Love your neighbor as yourself.
I'm here to fight for truth, justice, and the american way.
In love beggar and king are equal.
All mankind love a lover.
All of us, in the flow of feeling we have pleased, want to do more to please.