The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

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About Martin Luther King Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He advanced civil rights in the United States through...

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It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

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

—Martin Luther King Jr.

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

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

—Martin Luther King Jr.

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

—Martin Luther King Jr.

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I'm going to stay in show business until I'm the last one left.

—George Burns

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If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it.

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That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

—Francis Quarles

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You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred.

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I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.

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