Fifty years ago, on April 4, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated .
Let’s recall this great man’s nuggets of wisdom and some of the most inspiring and insightful quotes which we have taken from King’s speeches, sermons and essays.
“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.”
“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”
Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values.
“There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.”