Today we celebrate and honor the life of a great leader who shaped history. Here are a few of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s quotes that we hope will empower you to embrace your leadership:

• “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”
• “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'”
• “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
• “The time is always right to do the right thing.”
• “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
• “Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.”
• “There is no gain without struggle.”
• “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
• “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.”

Thank YOU for answering the call to leadership!