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Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes: Though we live in the colony of time, we are ultimately responsible to the empire of eternity.
         

Though we live in the colony of time, we are ultimately responsible to the empire of eternity.


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If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.



Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.



The time is always right to do what is right.

The time is always right to do what is right.



I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.




You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.



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.

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.



Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.



A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.



It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

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It's hard to make changes. Things get so comfortable and you don't want to move. Maybe it would do you good to be a little uncomfortable for a while, and do something different.



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The problem with fantasy is the greatest benefit of fantasy: it prevents us from living in the present moment.



If you lived the doubles, as I did, which was very stressful, you are sitting down in a chair experiencing a match without being able to hold a racquet in your hands.

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When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.

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I'm a perfectionist, to the point of insanity.

I'm a perfectionist, to the point of insanity.



Christ is most concerned with the direction in which you habitually are going and not with a spasmodic eruption either good or bad.

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