martin luther king jr quotes

Martin Luther King, Jr’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech was delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom rally on August 28, 1963. Over 200,000 civil rights supporters gathered to hear one of the greatest speeches ever delivered. The following quotes from “I Have a Dream” and other noteworthy sermons are inspirational and moving.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 which would have made him 81 today. However, King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, thus ending his young career and life as a Baptist minister, husband and father at the age of 39.

On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2010, it’s an appropriate time to revisit some of his most memorable quotes, which continue to inspire today.

Here are collection of 25 famous Martin Luther King Jr. quotes:

“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”

“A lie cannot live.”

“A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan. ”

“A man can’t ride your back unless it’s bent.”

“A right delayed is a right denied.”

“A riot is the language of the unheard.”

“At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.”

“Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.”

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”

“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.”

“I am not interested in power for power’s sake, but I’m interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.”

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”

“I submit to you that if a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.”

“I want to be the white man’s brother, not his brother-in-law.”

“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’”

“Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.”

“Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.”

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

“The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.”

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”

Christopher Marley Insect Art Video

Christopher Marley insect art was featured today in a CBS report. Did you ever imagine going buggy over Christopher Marley insect art? This unique artist makes bugs look beautiful. I had to check out Christopher Marley insect art as an art enthusiast. I write for a naturist artist and appreciate the fusion of all forms to show the wonders of nature.

Christopher Marley insect art is inspired by bugs from around the world. Christopher Marley looks for eye-catching butterflies and beetles to create his works of art. Real bugs are used in Christopher Marley insect art.

CBS reports Christopher Marley stated about his artwork, "I want to kind of juxtapose order and cleanliness and composition with the radical diversity of insects and their colors and their shapes and their patterns. The colors are unenhanced. We don't mess with the colors at all."

Oddly enough, Christopher Marley used to be afraid of bugs. As a fashion model, he traveled to exotic locations and was bugged by bugs. He began to notice their beauty and Christopher Marley insect art was born.

The insects used in Christopher Marley insect art are preserved forever and framed. The works of art cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Christopher Marley insect art has become a picturesque, profitable endeavor!

Here is a YouTube video of an Audobon Magazine interview with Christopher Marley about Christopher Marley insect art:

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There was a nice moment at the end of this morning's "College GameDay," which brought young USC fan Jake Olson to the set to make picks. (Olson has been a companion of the Trojans all year since losing his sight to cancer.) Olson was excellent in the segment, doling out facts to go with his picks and delivering all of his analysis smoothly.

In fact, I thought he was better than Lee Corso, and that was even before Scooter did this:

Yeah, he just extended a hand to a blind child. That happened. Kudos to Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit for not falling out of their chairs at that moment.

Between that, the colorful description of the Rose Bowl by a former Ohio State linebacker, and the Outback Bowl revving -- Northwestern is throwing it all over the lot, and Auburn has their ground game working -- today has bowl season ticking upwards.

Charlie Sheen Arrested

He may be best known for starring in Two and a Half Men, but Charlie Sheen now has one giant problem on his hands.

The actor has been arrested for second-degree assault, menacing and criminal mischief. Sheen was picked up in Aspen for an alleged incident of domestic violence against wife Brook Mueller.

While the police may claim Sheen celebrated Christmas by honoring Chris Brown, his rep says otherwise:

"Do not be mislead by appearance. Appearance and reality can be as different as night and day. It would benefit everyone not to jump to any conclusion."

Sheen - who has been accused of sleeping with hookers, beating up dogs and keeping pornography on his computer while married to Denise Richards - is being held without bond.

He'll remain in jail until Monday, due to a Colorado law that requites a protection order between those arrested for domestic violence and their victims.

Sheen and Mueller got married in May 2008 and welcomed twins in October of that year.

** UPDATE: It's been confirmed that Mueller called 911 and claimed her husband laid his hands on her - but Sheen told cops that Mueller was the aggressor and he was simply trying to keep her away.

Terrorist Attack Detroit

A suspected terrorist tried to blow up a Detroit-bound transatlantic flight yesterday with 278 passengers before he was subdued, U.S. officials said.

The passenger was attempting to destroy the plane with an explosive device, said Peter King of New York, the top Republican on the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security. White House officials said President Barack Obama is treating the incident as an attempted terrorist attack. King identified the suspect as Abdul Mudallad of Nigeria.

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Oral Roberts Dead

Oral Roberts, a dirt-poor, Oklahoma farm boy who popularized the idea of a "prosperity gospel" while becoming one of the world's most recognizable televangelists, died Tuesday. He was 91.

Mr. Roberts, founder of the 5,400-student university in Tulsa, Okla., that is named after him, died of complications of pneumonia at a Newport Beach, Calif., hospital, family spokeswoman Melany Ethridge said.

Mr. Roberts became one of the most famous preachers of the 20th century by pioneering the use of television and computerized databases to spread the gospel and raise hundreds of millions of dollars -- a formula followed by many other ministries.

Using sophisticated direct-mail campaigns, Mr. Roberts popularized the "prosperity gospel," which asserts that God generously rewards financial acts of faith.

"It gives people hope and expectation that seeds sown to God will be multiplied back in every area of life," Mr. Roberts wrote in his 1995 autobiography, "Expect a Miracle: My Life and Ministry."

Mr. Roberts brought Pentecostalism -- which promotes charismatic worship including faith healing and speaking in tongues -- to the mainstream, giving it a newfound sense of legitimacy among the middle class and within other Christian denominations.

"More than any other person, he should be credited with starting the charismatic movement in mainline religion," said Vinson Synan, dean emeritus of the divinity school at Regent University in Virginia and historian of the Pentecostal movement. "He brought (divine) healing into the American consciousness."

Worldwide, the charismatic branch of Christianity -- now found in mainstream denominations as well as Pentecostalism -- grew from an estimated 20 million to 600 million during Mr. Roberts' decades in ministry. His international broadcasts and crusades deserve a large part of the credit for the increase, Christian scholars said.

In the 1970s, Mr. Roberts' prime-time specials drew 40 million viewers, and he appeared frequently on talk shows. He also had a program, "Something Good Is Going to Happen to You!," that aired Sundays.

At the time of his death, however, Mr. Roberts' ministry and celebrity had been in decline for years, a drop accelerated by a prophecy the preacher made 22 years ago that "God will call me home" unless $8 million was raised for scholarships to Oral Roberts University by March 31, 1987.

The money was raised, but by then, Mr. Roberts had become a laughingstock to many in and out of Christian world.

With dwindling revenues, the televangelist was forced in 1989 to downsize his ministry, laying off 250 employees, closing Tulsa's City of Faith medical center and an adjoining medical school and selling vacation homes and luxury cars.

A heart attack in 1992 forced him into semiretirement, although he remained the chancellor of Oral Roberts University. He spent most of his final years in a Newport Beach condominium with his wife, Evelyn, who died in April 2005. They had been married 66 years.

Mr. Roberts turned over the presidency of Oral Roberts University to his son, Richard. But he resigned in 2007 amid allegations that he had spent university money on personal expenses when the school was more than $50 million in debt.