Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Leader “We aren't engaged in any negative protest and in any negative arguments with anybody. We are saying that we are determined to be men. We are determined to be people. We are saying that we are God's children. And that we don't have to live like we are forced to live.” Men Children Determination ♥ 3
Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Leader “Many of the ugly pages of American history have been obscured and forgotten. A society is always eager to cover misdeeds with a cloak of forgetfulness, but no society can fully repress an ugly past when the ravages persist into the present. America owes a debt of justice which it has only begun to pay. If it loses the will to finish or slackens in its determination, history will recall its crimes and the country that would be great will lack the most indispensable element of greatness — justice.” Country Past Determination ♥ 3
Maya Angelou Poet, Memoirist “[Librarians] study their field with as much determination and as much delight as open-heart surgeons.” Heart Determination Delight ♥ 3
MJ Michael Johnson Athlete “All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn't left an imprint through the generations.” Thinking Athlete Determination ♥ 3
Hermann Hesse Novelist, Poet “I believe that the struggle against death, the unconditional and self-willed determination to live, is the mode of power behind the lives and activities of all outstanding men.” Believe Struggle Determination ♥ 3
