15 times Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Jr. spoke on Self Love/ Self Care Quotes
It's MLK day once again.
Whether using today to volunteer at your favorite philanthropy or are using it to at least are trying to make one persons life a little better, it's honoring the legacy of this authentic American hero.
We all are familiar with King's "I have a Dream" and "Mountain Top" speeches, but Rev. Dr. King had so much to say on the condition, character, and care of the overall human with regards to how that care flows into care for humanity.
After all, Rev. Dr. King was more than a man with a dream, he was a devoted follower of Jesus, imperfect, yet striving, being one of the leaders of a Civil Rights movement where his livelihood, family, and even his very own life was threatened because he directly challenged systems that sought to violently oppress and divide those who deem themselves American, simply based upon the color of their skin.
If anyone needed and clung to values of caring for self, not in a selfish, but in a helpful, replenishing way at a time when his voice and voices of other strong, humble, intelligent and decent people were needed, it would b the Rev. Dr. King.
After all, Rev. Dr. King was more than a man with a dream, he was a devoted follower of Jesus, imperfect, yet striving, being one of the leaders of a Civil Rights movement where his livelihood, family, and even his very own life was threatened because he directly challenged systems that sought to violently oppress and divide those who deem themselves American, simply based upon the color of their skin.
If anyone needed and clung to values of caring for self, not in a selfish, but in a helpful, replenishing way at a time when his voice and voices of other strong, humble, intelligent and decent people were needed, it would b the Rev. Dr. King.
Here are 15 quotes by the good Rev. Dr. King, Jr. on deeper self-love and self-care and how that care emerges to benefit society. Enjoy.
"We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear."
"No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for."
"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."
"Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education."
"There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right."
"Let no man pull you so low as to hate him."
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: Only love can do that."
"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."
"There comes a time when silence is betrayal."
“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. ”
“We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right.”
“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”
“You will change your mind; You will change your looks; You will change your smile, laugh, and ways but no matter what you change, you will always be you.”
"No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for."
"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."
"Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education."
"There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right."
"Let no man pull you so low as to hate him."
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: Only love can do that."
"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."
"There comes a time when silence is betrayal."
“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. ”
“We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right.”
“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”
“You will change your mind; You will change your looks; You will change your smile, laugh, and ways but no matter what you change, you will always be you.”
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