"Every man [human being] is an heir..." - Quote by Martin Luther King Jr
Every man [human being] is an heir to a legacy of dignity and worth
More by Martin Luther King Jr
“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 only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”
“There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair.”
“When Negroes looked for the second phase, the realization of equality, they found that many of their white allies had quietly disappeared.... To stay murder is not the same thing as to ordain brotherhood.”
More on Dignity
“Monsieur' to a convict is a glass of water to a man dying of thirst at sea; ignominy thirsts for respect.”
“I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.”
“In today's materialistic world there is a risk of people becoming slaves to money, as though they were simply cogs in a huge money-making machine. This does nothing for human dignity, freedom, and genuine well-being. Wealth should serve humanity, and not the other way around.”
More on Humanity
“Whether someone believes something or not, believer or non-believer, as long as you are a member of the human family, you need warm human feeling, warmhearted feeling.”
“Nature holds no brief for the human experiment; it must stand or fall by its results.”
“A man must learn to understand the motives of human beings, their illusions, and their sufferings.”