A manic start to a Monday. Oh that is right, it’s a holiday today to celebrate MLK day. I thought I’d look up a few quotes from the man and share them. And at the same time increase my knowledge of the man.
To our Legislators. –
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
From Strength to Love.
To our Educators –
“Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.”
Martin Luther King Jr. wrote this in the “The Purpose of Education,” a 1947 article for Morehouse College’s student newspaper.
To all of us –
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience and comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
From his 1963 book, Strength to Love.
For myself –
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'”
From his 1957 speech in Montgomery, Alabama.
Another one for me to remember –
“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.”
From his 1965 sermon delivered in Selma, Alabama.
It seems we may have entered this period again –
“History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.”
From his 1959 address at the Fourth Annual Institute on Nonviolence and Social Change.
Just a thought
