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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Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
I know that many people feel that old age is a time to take it easy, but I compare my life now to being the last runner in a relay race. Would you have me slow down as I near the finish line ?
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties. No religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.
It is always your next move.
Give all to love.
Respect the past in the full measure of its desserts, but do not make the mistake of confusing it with the present nor seek in it the ideals of the future.
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people And the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure The betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Men spend their lives in anticipations, in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every otherit is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine , but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal ; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
For the first time in my life, people cheering for me. Were you deaf ? Didn't you hear 'em ? We're not hitchhiking any more. We're riding.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Shri Ramakrishna used to say, "As long as I live, so long do I learn". That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death. Heart and core of everything here is good, that whatever may be the surface waves, deep down and underlying everything, there is an infinite basis of goodness and love.
Mac, you ever been in love ?
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints in the sands of time.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person.
If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.
Make the second effort your second nature.
The whole universe is only the self with variations, one tune made bearable by variations. Sometimes there are discords, but they only make the subsequent harmony more perfect. In this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true, this I have learnt after suffering all my life, all else is mere moonshine.
A Crow is known wherever he is met by his beautiful white dress, and his tall and elegant figure. The greater part of the men being six feet high.
Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.
Mama, face it. I was the slut of all time.
Don't quit.
Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
Live your life and forget your age.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.
Love can never grow old. Locks may lose their brown and gold. Cheeks may fade and hollow grow. But the hearts that love will know, never winter's frost and chill, summer's warmth is in them still.
I'm here to fight for truth, justice, and the american way.
Never seek to tell thy love. Love that never told can be, for the gentle wind does move silently, invisibly.
The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
Love is more than a feeling, it's a state of mind.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. One man tells a lie, dozens repeat it as the truth.
If they move, kill ' em.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.
A lawyer dies and goes to hell. The devil says he'll make a deal with him. He can go to heaven if he gives up the souls of his wife and two kids. 'Sure' says the lawyer, 'but what's the catch ? '
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. It's eternal goal is life.
Seize the day.
Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing, a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.
Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
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.
True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.
All power is within you. You can do anything and everything. Believe in that. Do not believe that you are weak, do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. Stand up and express the divinity within you. Truth is eternal.
The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
Go ahead, make my day.
I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.
Whatever our souls are made up, his and mine are the same.
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
A healthy outside starts from the inside
Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.
Love is what is left in a relationship after all the selfishness is taken out.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
When I first met you, I was afraid to talk to you. When I talked to you, I was afraid to kiss you. When I kissed you, I was afraid to love you. Now that I love you, I'm afraid to lose you.
Love like there is no tomorrow.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'
If you only look at what is, you might never attain what could be.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
Do you think that there is a word that contains all of the vowels? Unquestionably.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through the snow.
In the space age the most important space is between the ears.
Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you can not hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was made to be wooed by youth.
People will exercise great effort and creativity to make our plan work, and sometimes expend just as much effort and creativity to make your plan fail.
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
Accumulate learning by study, understand what you learn by questioning.
Live with passion !
Shane ! Shane ! Come back !
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.