Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a time to honor the greatest champion of racial equality who taught a nation - through compassion and courage - about democracy nonviolence and racial justice.

These rules may seem simple enough but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.

There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the courage to say that what unites us is greater than what divides us.

To me there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first.

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken completely tranquil the same ebullient laughing jovial man.

Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.

We want deeper sincerity of motive a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.

I want to find the candidates who understand the principles of American exceptionalism and have the character the courage and the confidence to actually lead the greatest nation in the world.

There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart.

The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource adding color and suspense to all our life.

For this equilibrium now in sight let us trust that mankind as it has occurred in the greatest periods of its past will find for itself a new code of ethics common to all made of tolerance of courage and of faith in the Spirit of men.

Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.

Courage is the greatest of all virtues because if you haven't courage you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don't understand the language that you're singing in they still know good music when they hear it.

Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence.

Christians should be ready for a change because Jesus was the greatest changer in history.

There is danger in reckless change but greater danger in blind conservatism.

Kids are a huge sacrifice they change everything - but I'm ready to work for things of greater importance than going out to meet someone for dinner at 10 o'clock at night.

The greatest revolution in our generation is that of human beings who by changing the inner attitudes of their minds can change the outer aspects of their lives.

Successful people recognize crisis as a time for change - from lesser to greater smaller to bigger.

There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.