The success of my journey depended on whether my heart walked forward–toward my people–instead of backward, away from them.

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When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, "The success of my journey depended on whether my heart walked forward—toward my people—instead of backward, away from them." he was referring to the fact that his progress as a political leader depended on staying focused on his people. When he got off track and started thinking about himself as a person instead of as a leader for his people, it took him so far from where he needed to be that he eventually had to turn back.

Source: The Seven Paths: Changing Ones Way Of Walking In The World

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