Quotes about inspirational
inspirational inspiring moving-on
If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. Martin Luther King, Jr.
inspirational life motivational
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.
inspirational dying fit
If you haven't found something worth dying for, you're not fit to live.
inspirational lying greatness
The greatness of our God lies in the fact that [He] is both tough minded and tender hearted.
inspirational selfish mean
To have serpentlike qualities devoid of dovelike qualities is to be passionless, mean, and selfish.
inspirational jesus love-you
So when Jesus says "Love your enemies," he is setting forth a profound and ultimately inescapable admonition.
inspirational struggle men
By nonviolent resistance, the Negro can also enlist all men of good will in his struggle for equality.
inspirational running problem
The Negro's problem will not be solved by running away.
inspirational goal movement
If the Negro is to achieve the goal of integration, he must organize himself into a militant and nonviolent mass movement.
inspirational opposites two
The principle of nonviolent resistance seeks to reconcile the truths of two opposites-Acquiescence and violence -while avoiding the extremes and immoralities of both.
inspirational violence way
Violence is not the way.
inspirational noble unjust
Through nonviolent resistance the Negro will be able to rise to the noble height of opposing the unjust system while loving the perpetrators of the system.
inspirational revenge eye
An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind.
inspirational people hatred
A second way that oppressed people sometimes deal with oppression is to resort to physical violence and corroding hatred.
inspirational winning arrogance
The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt.
inspirational violence results
Violence often brings about momentary results.
inspirational action injustice
To accept injustice or segregation passively is to say to the oppressor that his actions are morally right.
inspirational children winning
The negro cannot win the respect of the white people of the south or the peoples of the world if he is willing to sell the future of his children for his personal and immediate comfort and safety.
inspirational order community
Nonviolence is an imperative in order to bring about ultimate community.
inspirational brother men
The oppressed must never allow the conscience of the oppressor to slumber. Religion reminds every man that he is his brother's keeper.
inspirational gears welcome
Slaves do not always welcome their deliverers. They become accustomed to being slaves. They would rather gear those ills they have
inspirational giving-up people
Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up.
inspirational kings home
For more than two centuries our foreparents labored here without wages; they made cotton king; and they built the homes of their masters in the midst of brutal injustice and shameful humiliation - and yet out of a bottomless vitality our people continue to thrive and develop.
inspirational voice church
The contemporary church is so often a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. It is so often the arch supporter of the status quo.
inspirational evil ancient
They were too God-intoxicated to be "astronomically intimidated." They brought an end to such ancient evils as infanticide and gladiatorial contest.
inspirational brother white
I am thankful, however, that some of our white brothers have grasped the meaning of this social revolution and committed themselves to it. They are still all too small in quantity, but they are big in quality.
inspirational hate justice
Will we be extremists for hate, or will we be extremists for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice, or will we be extremists for the cause of justice?
inspirational way excellent
There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest.
inspirational christian country
If I lived in a Communist country today where certain principles dear to the Christian faith are suppressed, I believe I would openly advocate disobeying these anti-religious laws.
inspirational horse moving
The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward the goal of political independence, and we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward the gaining of a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.
inspirational jesus body
Was not Paul an extremist for the gospel of Jesus Christ? - "I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus."
inspirational yesterday justice
We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that "justice too long delayed is justice denied."
inspirational years direct-action
For years now I have heard the word "wait." It rings in the ear of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This "wait" has almost always meant "never."