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Quotes About Courage

If You've Got Nothing Worth Dying For, You've Got Nothing Worth Living For
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
There are some things so dear, some things so precious, some things so eternally true, that they are worth dying for. And I submit to you that if a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
if the man did not find something to die for,he will not fit to life...
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
The time is always right to do what is right.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin luther king '' A man who have not discovered something he will die for, is not fit to live.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
On some positions, cowardice asks the question, is it expedient? And then expedience comes along and asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? Conscience asks the question, is it right? There comes a time when one must take the position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
The question is not if we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized, cruelly mocked, but it an never be taken away unless it is surrendered.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their freedom and dignity.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Find a voice in a whisper.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
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....
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Three hundred years of humiliation, abuse and deprivation cannot be expected to find voice in a whisper.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
A man can't ride your back unless it's bent
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Many people fear nothing more terribly than to take a position which stands out sharply and clearly from the prevailing opinion. The tendency of most is to adopt a view that is so ambiguous that it will include everything and so popular that it will include everybody. Not a few men who cherish lofty and noble ideals hide them under a bushel for fear of being called different.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, "Is it safe?" Expediency asks the question, "Is it politic?" And Vanity comes along and asks the question, "Is it popular?" But Conscience asks the question, "Is it right?"... The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience, but where he stands in moments of challenge, moments of great crisis and controversy.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
This faith transforms the whirlwind of despair into a warm and reviving breeze of hope. The words of a motto which a generation ago were commonly found on the wall in the homes of devout persons need to be etched on our hearts: Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. There was no one there.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
If a man hasn't found something he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.