28 August 2013 marked the commemoration of the 50th year of Rev Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington. Here are six fearless, soul stirring quotes from the great man. - Entrepreneurship Magazine Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American clergyman, activist, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. - Wikipedia His quotes are both inspirational and thought provoking. His is what most leaders want to aspire to or should at least want to aspire to. He has shown that cowardice serves none, but courage serves all. "After all what greater gift is there than that of a man who would lay down his own life for his friends?"

• "Never, never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way"
• "Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love."
• "Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude."
• "If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo 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 street sweeper who did his job well."
• "Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."
• "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed-we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."

SOURCES: Entrepreneurship Magazine