If a man is called to be a streetsweep-er he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well. Martin Luther King
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More Quotes By Martin Luther King
  1. We must accept finite disappointment but we must never lose infinite hope.

  2. 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.

  3. If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for he isn't fit to live.

  4. We must constantly build dykes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

  5. Human Salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.

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