Today is a national holiday in the United States which commemorates the life of civil rights leader (Martin Luther King, Jr.) who sought to bring “equality under law” to all citizens of our country. One of the ways he sought to do this was by bringing dignity and equality to ALL work – not just for the well educated or the well paid – but for all who work their best and make our nation a better society for it. The pursuit of excellence (“doing your best”) in any endeavor uplifts us all. The following are two quotes expressing this idea: | |
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. | |
— Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well. | |
— Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | What Do You See? |
2021 | Lite It Up |
Some Day | |
2020 | No Answers Yet |
120 Day Health / Weight Update (Jan 2020) | |
2019 | Stationary Target |
2018 | And Firmly |
2017 | Nearer My Goal To Thee |
2016 | Relatively Simple Actions |
2015 | And Yet, You Did |
2014 | Difficult Learning |
2013 | Four Things To do |
2012 | When I Was Young… |
Emergence | |
Posts Tagged ‘Martin Luther King Jr’
Two Thoughts For The Holiday
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Work, tagged Beethoven, Dignity, Excellence, Labor, Martin Luther King Jr, Michelangelo, Philosophy, Quotes, Shakespeare, Work on January 16, 2023| 2 Comments »
Eye On The Prize
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Acceptance, Disappointment, Hope, Loss, Martin Luther King Jr, Philosophy, Quotes on November 28, 2021| Leave a Comment »
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. | |
— Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Eye On The Prize |
Everything That’s Precious | |
2020 | And Most Adults Don’t Either |
And It Burns, Burns, Burns | |
Just Dessert | |
2019 | Happy Thanksgiving (2019) |
2018 | And Smiles… |
2017 | Or Savor A Little Longer… |
2016 | Sometimes I Just Want To Smell The Flowers |
2015 | One Truth – Done Well |
2014 | Now In Imagination, On The Other Hand… |
2013 | No Plan, No Map |
2012 | Singing About Love |
2011 | The Awesome Power Of Truth |
The Chain Must Be Broken
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Abyss, Annihilation, Chain Reaction, Darkness, Evil, Light, Martin Luther King Jr, Philosophy, Quotes, War on August 28, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction… The chain reaction of evil — hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars — must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation. | |
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Love Like This… |
2018 | Open Hearts Find Strength |
Day 32: Planning The Future | |
2017 | Thinking Out Loud |
2016 | Fighting Change |
2015 | Get Change |
2014 | Trapped (Again) |
2013 | Someone Else Believes |
2012 | The Practical Value of Science |
2011 | Seize Gladly The Difficult Task |
A Constitutional Conversation | |
2010 | The Fierce Urgency Of Now… |
A Profound Source
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Carl Sagan, Martin Luther King Jr, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Philosophy, Quotes, Science, Spirituality on January 13, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light‐years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual. So are our emotions in the presence of great art or music or literature, or acts of exemplary selfless courage such as those of Mohandas Gandhi or Martin Luther King, Jr. The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both. | |
― Carl Sagan | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Choose Possible |
2021 | Thousands |
Where Did All The Blue Skies Go? | |
2020 | A Profound Source |
2019 | Sad Words |
2018 | Self-Sorted |
2017 | Right |
2016 | At Least One Step |
2015 | Month To Month Rental |
2014 | Professional Beliefs |
2013 | Books Are… |
2012 | True Distinguishing Marks |
2010 | Sub-300 |
Senate Republicans: Impeachment – Because It Is Right!
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #ImpeachTrump, Conscience, Cowardice, Expediency, Impeachment, Martin Luther King Jr, Philosophy, Political Leadership, Politics, Quotes, Right, Vanity on September 29, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Cowardice asks the question – is it safe? Expediency asks the question – is it politic? Vanity asks the question – is it popular? But conscience asks the question – is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular; but one must take it because it is right. | |
— Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Well Within Our Power |
Hammer Time | |
2020 | 3 November Is Coming! |
Bee Gees’ing | |
2019 | Senate Republicans: Impeachment – Because It Is Right! |
Dave’s Not Here, Man! | |
Mixing Business And Pleasure | |
2018 | Intensity Doesn’t Make It Correct |
HF2: 1940’s Grapes | |
2017 | Proof Sits In The Oval Office |
2016 | Tragic Determinism |
2015 | Maybe It Should Be Clearer |
2014 | Make It Your Strength |
2013 | Four Score |
2012 | The Ruler |
2011 | Forever |
2010 | Just Cuz |
How Do You Mend A Broken Heart? | |
It’s Alive!! (3rd Pair Shoe Review) | |
Speak Up / Call Out
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Free Speech, Martin Luther King Jr, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Silence on July 27, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter. | |
— Martin Luther King Jr. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Does Smiling Count? |
2017 | Giving Much |
2016 | Sounds Like Class |
2015 | Inert Ideas |
2014 | Worth Anything? |
2013 | Bruises Before Bed (Or Why You Didn’t Answer) |
Revealed Riches | |
2012 | Extra Gears |
2011 | Say What? |
2010 | Hello Frogs… |
Prepare For The 2020 Election
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Martin Luther King Jr, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Silence on June 18, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. | |
— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Goals / Test |
2021 | Waiting For The Sting |
Right From The Start | |
2020 | Reward Truth In November |
2019 | Prepare For The 2020 Election |
2018 | Why #45 Is Uncivil And Sinking |
Ole! … Ole, Ole, Ole | |
Is This Still The United States Of America? | |
2017 | Go Where? |
2016 | Returning To The Same Box |
2015 | The Hunter’s Music |
2014 | Dedication |
2013 | Unhappy Alternatives |
2012 | Implications |
2011 | Never Let Us Down |
Today’s Question
Posted in Charities, Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Martin Luther King Jr, Philosophy, Questions, Quotes on April 23, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’ | |
― Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | I Love Flowers |
Hope And Fear: Global Warming / Climate Change | |
2021 | I Should Have Started Earlier |
To Soothe Your Soul | |
2020 | Let’s Make It So |
2019 | Today’s Question |
2018 | A Moment Of Union |
2016 | Symptoms |
2016 | Tossers |
2015 | Hunger |
2014 | Outside Dependence |
2013 | Doing Right |
2012 | A Short Course In Human Relations |
If Death Be My Future | |
Strive | |
Such A Fool | |
2011 | I’m Working For A Living |
And Unlawful Orders From A President
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Civil Disobedience, Martin Luther King Jr, Moral Responsibility, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Unjust Laws on April 22, 2019| Leave a Comment »
One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. | |
― Martin Luther King Jr. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Particularly Peaceful Neighbors |
2021 | Thoughts |
It’s A Rich Man’s World | |
2020 | Pax Et Justitia |
2019 | And Unlawful Orders From A President |
2018 | Instinct For Presence |
2017 | Hard Enough |
2016 | Jumps |
2015 | One View Of Failure |
2014 | We Speak For Earth |
2013 | Inward Urgency |
2012 | Delayed Reviews |
Fulfilling My Duty | |
2011 | Interference |
Except Willful Ignorance And Prideful Stupidity
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged Danger, Ignorance, Martin Luther King Jr, MLK Day, Politics, Quotes, Stupidity on January 21, 2019| 2 Comments »
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. | |
— Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
[On this national holiday (MLK, Jr Day), let us (as a nation) strive to go forward being less dangerous… — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | End The Filibuster |
2021 | Be Creative, Question Assumptions |
By No Means | |
2020 | I’ll Eat To That (Gemütlichkeit) |
To The Front | |
2019 | #ContinueToResist |
Except Willful Ignorance And Prideful Stupidity | |
2018 | More Executive Time For #DumbDonald |
2017 | Watched The Inauguration |
Two Geniuses | |
2016 | Come Dance And Laugh With Me |
2015 | Looks Good To Me |
2014 | Desire For The Sea |
2013 | The Fierce Urgency Of NOW |
Happy Inauguration Day! | |
2012 | One Path |
Sorrow And Joy | |
The Seven Year View | |
2011 | Emergent Practicality |
Too Significant
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Work, tagged Dignity, Excellence, Importance, Labor, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, Philosophy, Quotes, Work on October 31, 2018| 1 Comment »
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. | |
― Mahatma Gandhi | |
No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. | |
― Martin Luther King Jr. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Why I Play The Lottery |
C’mon And Dream Along | |
2020 | #45 In A Nutshell |
Old Man Wishin’… | |
2019 | Three Down, Three To Go |
2018 | Too Significant |
2017 | Shadows |
2016 | Still Blurry |
2015 | For Awhile Anyway |
2014 | By Contrast |
2013 | A Very Long Time… |
2012 | Raise And Support |
2011 | Naturally |
2010 | A Quick Sunday Morning Read |
Giants Win Game 4 In Shutout 4 to 0!!! | |
Light Or Darkness
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Altruism, Martin Luther King Jr, Philosophy, Quotes, Selfishness on January 15, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. | |
― Martin Luther King Jr. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Living In The Big Lie With A Loser |
2021 | An Obligation To Condemn Is Not An Obligation To Ban |
Caught In The Rain | |
2020 | Me Too |
2019 | #45: Whitewalkers Tremble, Treason Is Forever |
2018 | Light Or Darkness |
2017 | Doubtful Education |
2016 | Absolute |
2015 | Still The Best Teacher |
2014 | Inside The Soul |
2013 | A Toe In The River |
2012 | Believe It Or Not |
2011 | The Road To Recovery (And More Myths) |
Release, Harmonize, Illuminate
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Hatred, Life, Love, Martin Luther King Jr, Philosophy, Quotes on December 2, 2017| 2 Comments »
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it. | |
― Martin Luther King Jr. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Unnoticed Perfection |
You Just Don’t Realize | |
2020 | Maybe After A Couple Of Hundred Years I Think About It |
Worth The Time I’ve Waited | |
2019 | Courage Facing Temptation |
2018 | I Can’t Laugh At #45 |
2017 | Release, Harmonize, Illuminate |
2016 | One Trouble With Television |
2015 | I Am Lucky And I Am Grateful |
2014 | Future Envy |
2013 | We Do Not Want To Learn That |
2012 | Social Inhibition |
2011 | Studying Chinese Food |
Are You Bored, Too? | |
2010 | Rant, Pant, Deep Breath – Reality |
Never Forget
Posted in Leadership, Politics, Quotes, tagged Ethics, Germany, Hitler, Martin Luther King Jr, Political Leadership, Politics, Quotes on September 11, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal. | |
― Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Current Heroes (II) |
Glued To The TV – 3,000 Miles Away | |
2020 | Current Heroes |
I’m Mid-West Born, But California Raised | |
Appropriated To Her Being | |
2019 | All In Good Time |
Day 13: Pause & Resume | |
Ghrelin And Leptin | |
2018 | Gratitude And Warmth |
Remembering Loss, Sacrifice And Service | |
Making Little Ones Out Of Bigger Ones | |
2017 | Never Forget |
2016 | It’s All Greek To Me (Well, Latin Actually) |
2015 | Truism |
2014 | Thank You |
2013 | Really |
2012 | Ordinary Five Minutes Longer |
2011 | The Wealth Of Sons (And Daughters) |
Redemptive Power
Posted in Faith, Leadership, Philosophy, Politics, tagged Enemies, Jesus, Leadership, Love, Martin Luther King Jr, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes on July 23, 2017| 2 Comments »
Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, “Love your enemies.” It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. Just keep being friendly to that person. Just keep loving them, and they can’t stand it too long. Oh, they react in many ways in the beginning. They react with guilt feelings, and sometimes they’ll hate you a little more at that transition period, but just keep loving them. And by the power of your love they will break down under the load. That’s love, you see. It is redemptive, and this is why Jesus says love. There’s something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies. | |
― Martin Luther King Jr. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | On Calls To Renew Waterboarding / Torture |
2015 | Still Struggling |
2014 | How To Become A Saint |
2013 | Not Much Change |
Our Biggest Fear | |
2012 | Brain, n. |
2011 | Styles Of Leadership |
2010 | Face Front! |