There were people who went to sleep last night, poor and rich and white and black, but they will never wake again. And those dead folks would give anything at all for just five minutes of this weather or ten minutes of plowing. So you watch yourself about complaining. What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Maya Angelou
About This Quote

Today’s quote comes from a speech by Martin Luther King Jr., who was a civil rights activist and a Baptist minister. His words may seem a bit simplistic, but there is a great deal of wisdom in them. For example, he points out that people die every day – even the richest and the most powerful – and that we should all share in the human experience as it happens. In other words, we should not waste time being upset at those who have died, as they have passed to a place from which they cannot return. It is better to live our lives to the fullest, as we have been given so little time on earth.

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