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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.
Martin Luther King Jr.1929–1968Strength to Love, p. 25
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
Martin Luther King Jr.1929–1968Conquering Self-centeredness (1957)
- Charity
Forgiveness is not an occasional act: it is a permanent attitude.
Martin Luther King Jr.1929–1968
- Forgiveness
Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever;
Do noble things, not dream them, all day long:
And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever
One grand, sweet song.
Charles Kingsley1819–1875A Farewell (1858)In context
- Advice
This man in his own country prayed we know not to what powers.
We pray them to reward him for his bravery in ours.
Rudyard Kipling1865–1936Epitaphs of the War (1914-1918) (1918)
- Courage
- War & Peace
Though I’ve belted you and flayed you,
By the livin’ Gawd that made you,
You’re a better man than I am, Gunga Din!
Rudyard Kipling1865–1936Gunga Din (1890), Barrack-Room Ballads (1892, 1896), Gunga Din, Stanza 5.In context
- Character
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you
Rudyard Kipling1865–1936If— (1910)In context
- Advice
- Character
If you can dream⁠—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think⁠—and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same
Rudyard Kipling1865–1936If— (1910)In context
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And⁠—which is more⁠—you’ll be a Man, my son!
Rudyard Kipling1865–1936If— (1910)In context
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth!
Rudyard Kipling1865–1936The Ballad of East and West (1889)In context
- Courage
- Men
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings⁠—nor lose the common touch
Rudyard Kipling1865–1936If— (1910)In context
- Character
Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.
Henry Kissinger1923–2023
Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility. In the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility.
MKMichael Kordaborn 1933Success! (1977)
- Responsibility
- Success
What is unique about the “I” hides itself exactly in what is unimaginable about a person.
Milan Kundera1929–2023The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), Part Five: Lightness and Weight, ch. 9
- Character
The great virtue in life is real courage that knows how to face facts and live beyond them.
D. H. Lawrence1885–1930
- Courage