Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Week of Service

January 13, 2022

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, January 17, 2022, and Martin Luther King Week of Service is from January 15 to 22, 2022. 

Any excuse to ponder the words of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a good one. Below are twelve of his ever-relevant quotes followed by various ways to honor MLK Day and Week of Service in Maryland.

A Selection of Quotes by Dr. King

  1. “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'”
  2. “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
  3. “We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.”
  4. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
  5. “Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.”
  6. “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”
  7. “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
  8. “Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.”
  9. “The time is always right to do what is right.”
  10. “It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one destiny, affects all indirectly.”
  11. “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
  12. “The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.”

Ways to Remember, Honor, and Celebrate the Life and Work of Dr. King

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