About Martin Luther King Jr.

Baptist minister and leader of the American civil rights movement. (1929-1968)

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More from Martin Luther King Jr.

• Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.Loving Your Enemies sermon (1957), published in Strength to Love (1963)
• I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.I Have a Dream speech (1963)
• Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'Sermon, Conquering Self-centeredness (1957)
• 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.Strength to Love (1963)
• Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.The Drum Major Instinct sermon (1968)
• Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.Loving Your Enemies sermon (1957)

More quotes on failure and resilience

• The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.Aristotle
• No one should be discouraged, Theaetetus, who can make constant progress, even though it be slow.Plato
• We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.Seneca
• The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.Marcus Aurelius
• The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.Marcus Aurelius
• Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things.Epictetus

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