Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLeader
Date of Birth15 January 1929
CountryUnited States of America
Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes about
first-love generosity feelings
Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be the first in love. I want you to be the first in moral excellence. I want you to be the first in generosity.
poison abnormal problem
Normal fear protects us; abnormal fear paralyses us. Normal fear motivates us to improve our individual and collective welfare; abnormal fear constantly poisons and distorts our inner lives. Our problem is not to be rid of fear but, rather to harness and master it.
self-esteem artist streets
Be an artist at whatever you do. Even if you are a street sweeper, be the Michelangelo of street sweepers.
suits conviction protest
Every [person] of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits [his or her] convictions, but we must all protest.
compassionate great-nations nations
Ultimately a great nation is a compassionate nation.
right-thing
Is is always time to do the right thing.
revolutionary rioting
Rioting is not revolutionary.
unusual-things victory defeated
This is the unusual thing about nonviolence -- nobody is defeated, everybody shares in the victory.