We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right
American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement.
Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will
There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth
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
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute
A friend to all is a friend to none
The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend
Happiness depends upon ourselves
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know
Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom
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