"Everybody can be great..." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
I have a dream. My dream is that everybody can be great. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said it well:
"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 don't have to know about Plato and Aristotle . . . (or) Einstein's Theory of Relativity. . . (or) the Second Theory of Thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love."
I agree. I believe that true greatness is related to loving and serving others. And everyone with will and thought, can do it. That's one of the biggest reasons why I love Jesus, because He served. He washed the feet of His disciples. My pastor said last Saturday night at service that he did a lot of growing while cleaning his friend's church's bathrooms. Now, that is inspiring. ;-)
I'm glad we have Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. day.
May we all overcome our obstacles to be the change in the world that we seek!
(Icon is Harriet Beecher Stowe, a little lady who's heartfelt-serving, little writing changed the big, big world.)
(And here are some other quotes of King's that I like, as well):
"All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem."
Martin Luther King Jr., 'Strength to Love,' 1963
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963
"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."
Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love, 1963
"We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers."
"We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobile rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind."
"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 don't have to know about Plato and Aristotle . . . (or) Einstein's Theory of Relativity. . . (or) the Second Theory of Thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love."
I agree. I believe that true greatness is related to loving and serving others. And everyone with will and thought, can do it. That's one of the biggest reasons why I love Jesus, because He served. He washed the feet of His disciples. My pastor said last Saturday night at service that he did a lot of growing while cleaning his friend's church's bathrooms. Now, that is inspiring. ;-)
I'm glad we have Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. day.
May we all overcome our obstacles to be the change in the world that we seek!
(Icon is Harriet Beecher Stowe, a little lady who's heartfelt-serving, little writing changed the big, big world.)
(And here are some other quotes of King's that I like, as well):
"All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem."
Martin Luther King Jr., 'Strength to Love,' 1963
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963
"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."
Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love, 1963
"We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers."
"We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobile rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind."