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Dr Martin Luther King Jr Quotes

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Dr Martin Luther King Jr

1929 - 1968
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"A man who won't die for something is not fit to live."
"If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michealangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare composed poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well'."
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
"The time is always right to do what is right."
"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."
"We must use time creatively- and forever realize that the time is always hope to do great things."

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