Editor's Note: These quotes were compiled by iBelieve contributing writer Debbie McDaniel. The entire post is available at this LINK
- “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
- “Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.”
- “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
- “Only in the darkness can you see the stars.”
- “No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.”
- “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.”
- “Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.”
- “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”…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.”
- “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
- “There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”
- “The time is always right to do the right thing.”
- “Free at last, free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.”
- “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.”
- “If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.”
- “It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it.”
- “When our days become dreary with low-hovering clouds of despair, and when our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, let us remember that there is a creative force in this universe, working to pull down the gigantic mountains of evil, a power that is able to make a way out of no way and transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows.”
- “Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.”
- “Find a voice in a whisper.”
- “We shall overcome.”
- “Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great because greatness is determined by service...You only need a heart full of grace and a soul generated by love.”
- “You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.”
- “If you can't fly, run. If you can't run, walk. If you can't walk, crawl. But by all means, keep moving.”
- “To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.”’
- “Oh, the worst of all tragedies is not to die young, but to live until seventy-five and yet not ever truly to have lived.”
- “Don't allow anybody to make you feel that you're nobody.”
- “If a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live.”
- “One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right if the head is totally wrong. Only through the bringing together of head and heart—intelligence and goodness—shall man rise to a fulfillment of his true nature.”
- “Nothing worthwhile is gained without sacrifice.”
- “God is not interested merely in the freedom of black men, and brown men, and yellow men; God is interested in the freedom of the whole human race.”
- “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
- “I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. So I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord. ”
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