More quotes by 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."
"Only in the darkness can you see the stars."
"It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it."
"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred."
"As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course."