Celebrating Martin Luther King

Favorite Martin Luther King quotes:
By B. Howe

"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but thesilence of our friends."

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments ofcomfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

"The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people butthe silence over that by the good people."

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

"If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even asMichelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrotepoetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven andearth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his jobwell."

"It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it cankeep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important."

"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolicwords and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of thegood people."