Oh, the wonderful world of dreaming! When I was a child, just like most other kids I assume, I often dreamt that I could fly. Not always to other countries and fancy places, but to places to which I was too lazy to walk. I had dreams of being invisible and possessing superpower to leap over tall buildings and fall without dying just like the “Six Million Dollar Man.” Does anybody else even remember him?
These days I don’t think much about superpowers. I would probably waste them on mundane things like cooking and housecleaning.
Today though, I want to focus on someone who didn’t rely on superpowers to get things done. He simply used his words and a dream to inspire people and started a civil rights movement that has lasted generations. In honor of Martin Luther King Jr, I want to share some powerful quotes from the man himself.
Quotes of Martin Luther King Jr:
“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.”
“I have decided to stick to love…Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
“Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men were created equal.”
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Sincerely Jan 
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And the Bionic Woman. 🙂
Everything Dr. King said still holds true and applies to these times. It all needs to be dismantled and started fresh.
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Yes Pip, can’t forget her!! True, lately it feels like we are way off track from the principles MLK advocated.
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So far off track, we may as well be on another planet. It’s sad and scary.
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I remember both the bionic man and woman. Dr. King always included love in his messages, love and not violence. I appreciate his words. thank you.
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Yep, used to love watching them when I was younger and yes Dr King was a gentle but powerful force of a man.
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Absolutely! He had such a way with words. I took my nephews to his old house and church in Montgomery and I took my housekeeper to the museum in Memphis at the Lorraine Motel. Who will fill his shoes?
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I did also visit his old house! Thankfully we have had numerous other civil rights leaders who have picked up the torch and are following in his footsteps!
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MLK remains on of my most honored heroes . Here is a quote you may like and can relate to during his visit to Jamaica. Here it goes “In Jamaica I feel like a human being”. He said he was “proud to be among his “brothers and sister in this wonderful Island”. His body of work can be exhausting at times so I am happy that he found a place find some peace.
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Of course, in JA there is “no problem, man 🤣!
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