All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
Interpretation
All work that benefits humanity is valuable and deserves to be done well.
This quote by Martin Luther King Jr. emphasizes the intrinsic value of all forms of labor that contribute to the betterment of society. It highlights the importance of approaching all work with a sense of dignity and a commitment to excellence, suggesting that our efforts can uplift humanity and should be performed with pride, regardless of the nature of the task.
In practice
In a speech about community service, one might say, 'As Martin Luther King Jr. wisely noted, all labor that uplifts humanity has dignity.'
This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love.
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We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
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Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.
Cultivating care and concern for others gives rise to a kind of inner strength. No matter what difficulties or problems you face, in this wider context they’ll seem less significant and troubling to you. The inner strength, self-confidence and courage you gain by focussing on others’ needs instead of your own, brings with it a deep, calm sense of satisfaction.
The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.
Upon the progress of knowledge the whole progress of the human race is immediately dependent: he who retards that, hinders this also.
Neither great nor good things were ever attained without loss and hardships. Those that would reap and not labour, must faint with the wind, and perish in disappointments; but an hair of my head shall not fall, without the providence of my Father that is over all.
It means nothing to be open to a proposition we don't understand.
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