Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will
American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement.
There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth
We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness
Lightning makes no sound until it strike
We are not makers of history, We are made by history
For somehow this is tyranny's disease, to trust no friends
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall
Beautiful people are not always good, but good people are always beautiful.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist see opportunity in every difficulty
The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time
Man is the cruelest animal
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