Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.

Instead of our regular tip of the day today, we instead bring you a few of our favorite quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.”

“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'”

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”

“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.” "Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted."

“Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' But conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?' And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but because conscience tells one it is right.”

“Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.”

In his honor, Laura Deaton