Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

“The amazing aftermath of Birmingham, the sweeping Negro Revolution, revealed to people all over the land that there are no outsiders in all these fifty states of America. When a police dog buried his fangs in the ankle of a small child in Birmingham, he buried his fangs in the ankle of every American. The bell of man's inhumanity to man does not toll for any one man. It tolls for you, for me, for all of us.”

“My wife goes to Birmingham five times a week. My mom lives in Birmingham now after moving from Myrtle Beach. It's not just the job. A lot of people don't get that. My life is here.”

“What’s the biggest problem facing teenagers today? Ourselves. We’re a generation of lazy underachievers who need to learn that hard work pays off. What’s your town known for? Cow manure! Hold for laughs... Actually Irondale is the setting of Fannie Flagg’s famous novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café. Why’d you enter the Junior Miss Birmingham pageant? To win... to go to State... then Nationals... maybe get the hell out of Alabama.”

“Let's go for our dreams and be stronger than any obstacles.”

“Push to achieve your dreams. Don't let anyone push you out of dreamland.”

“You do not give your precious body to the billy clubs of Birmingham sheriffs, nor to the insidious activity of the streets.”

“I grew up in Birmingham, but my parents are originally from Barbados. My dad, Romeo, was a long-distance lorry driver, and my mother, Mayleen, worked in catering.”

“I believe we as humans are meant to have a bond and a connection with all of life itself, and our animals are trying to open our hearts to it.”

“Sometimes all it takes is one person to speak their truth. Speak yours.”

“Your energy is louder than your words.”