“Martin Luther King challenged the conscience of my generation, and his words and his legacy continue to move generations to action today at home and around the world. His love and faith is alive in millions of Americans who volunteer each day in soup kitchens or in schools, or who refused to ignore the suffering of millions they'd never met in far-away places when a tsunami brought unthinkable destruction. His vision and his passion is alive in churches and on campuses when millions stand up against the injustice of discrimination anywhere, or the indifference that leaves too many behind.” WorldHomeTodayActionSchoolMovingSufferingPassionChurchBehindsVisionMillionsAliveGenerationsKingsMetsConscienceDestructionInjusticeDiscriminationAround The WorldLegacyIndifferenceKitchenEach DayFar AwayVolunteerSoupHis LoveLutherMy GenerationCampusUnthinkableTsunamiFaith And LoveSoup Kitchens Author:John F. Kerry
“The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited. ... There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people. Because today, if you're appointed by the king, they don't feel that they're responsible for the people. If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work — because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.” PeopleIfsNeedsFeelsHardHandsGovernmentTodayNextBehindsResponsibilityFrontsSonHard WorkKingsResponsibleBoxesTendenciesOfficialsMy SonNext TimeMonarchyBallots Author:Abdallah II
“Last night I had a dream. When I got to Africa, I had one hell of a rumble. I had to beat Tarzan's behind first, for claiming to be King of the Jungle.” FirstsDreamLastsNightBehindsHellKingsBeatsJungleLast NightI Had A DreamRumble Author:Muhammad Ali
“Antagoras the poet was boiling a conger, and Antigonus, coming behind him as he was stirring his skillet, said, "Do you think, Antagoras, that Homer boiled congers when he wrote the deeds of Agamemnon?" Antagoras replied, "Do you think, O king, that Agamemnon, when he did such exploits, was a peeping in his army to see who boiled congers?” ThinkingSaidBehindsPoetKingsArmyDeedsExploitsStirringBoilingPeepingAgamemnon Book:Plutarch's Morals Source: Plutarch's Morals
“Vain the ambition of kings Who seek by trophies and dead things To leave a living name behind, And weave but nets to catch the wind.” LifeNamesBehindsWindKingsAmbitionVainTrophies Author:John Webster
“In the earlier days of history, kings and leaders went to the battlefield with their men; but today, those who determine that a nation will go to war remain safely behind. The next time leaders talk of warring, all the people should get together and send those leaders to the front lines. Give them a big arena with wonderfully effective ammunition, and the war will be finished in a day” PeopleMenGivingShouldWarBigsTodayTogetherNextNationsLinesBehindsLeaderFrontsKingsDetermineFinishedNext TimeArenaBattlefieldsGet TogetherAmmunition Author:Paramahansa Yogananda
“Society has always been the free man's greatest enemy. And the free man has been society's greatest friend. How did society treat Jesus, Socrates, Galileo, or Martin Luther King? Yet look what they have left behind.” MenLooksHas BeensJesusLeftBehindsEnemyKingsTreatsLeft BehindLutherFree Man Author:Laurence Boldt
“Nothing will serve you better than a strong work ethic. Nothing. And it's something that you can't teach. You have to be thrown into it, where you're going to sink or swim. It's amazing how self-correcting and how clarifying a good, hard, shitty job can be. Because at the end of the day, any profession I've seen anybody in, when you peer behind the curtains of Oh, wouldn't that be a great job? Wow, what an amazing thing, a philanthropic endeavor! it really just comes down to It's a f**king grind.” EndsSelfHardJobsStrongBehindsTeachKingsEthicsProfessionThe End Of The DayThrownSwimEndeavorWowPeersWork EthicCurtainsGrindAmazing ThingsGreat JobCorrectingPhilanthropicClarifyingSink Or SwimStrong Work Ethic Author:Robert Downey, Jr.
“I had the chance to play with Benny 'The King' Carter here in Copenhagen for three days in the Montmartre, and two days in Paris. 'What a Thrill.' He knows so much music, and he is the only person that I get the shakes trying to play my horn behind or with him (smile). However, it was a ball.” KnowsTryingPersonsTwoPlayThreeChanceBehindsKingsBallsParisShakesThrillHornsCarterTwo DaysCopenhagen Author:Ben Webster
“A boy told me if he roller-skated fast enough his loneliness couldn't catch up to him, the best reason I ever heard for trying to be a champion. What I wonder tonight pedaling hard down King William Street is if it translates to bicycles. A victory! To leave your loneliness panting behind you on some street corner while you float free into a cloud of sudden azaleas, pink petals that have never felt loneliness, no matter how slowly they fell.” IfsTryingMatterHardReasonEnoughFeltBehindsWonderBoysHeardStreetsLonelinessKingsVictoryCloudsCornersChampionTonightTranslateFloatsBicycleBehind YouPetalsStreet CornersAzaleas Book:Fuel: Poems Source: Fuel: Poems
“At first, man was enslaved by the gods. But he broke their chains. Then he was enslaved by the kings. But he broke their chains. He was enslaved by his birth, by his kin, by his race. But he broke their chains. He declared to all his brothers that a man has rights which neither god nor king nor other men can take away from him, no matter what their number, for his is the right of man, and there is no right on earth above this right. And he stood on the threshold of freedom for which the blood of the centuries behind him had been spilled.” MenFirstsMatterEarthNumbersRaceBehindsRightsBloodCenturyBrotherBirthKingsNo Matter WhatChainsBrokeThreshold Book:Anthem Source: Anthem