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  • I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

  • George VI in the conventional parlance was a Good King who sacrificed his life to his sense of duty. If we are to have monarchs it would be hard to find a better one.

    Kings   Would Be   Duty  
  • Gods be good, why would any man ever want to be king? When everyone was shouting King in the North, King in the North, I told myself ... swore to myself ... that I would be a good king, as honorable as Father, strong, just, loyal to my friends and brave when I faced my enemies ... now I can't even tell one from the other.

    Strong   Kings   Father  
    George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1691, Bantam
  • The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

    Change   Kings   People  
  • A good king is a public servant.

    Ben Jonson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ben Jonson (Illustrated)”, p.3197, Delphi Classics
  • Teachers teach and do the world good, Kings just rule and most are never understood

    Teacher   Kings   World  
    Song: My Philosophy
  • We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

  • Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

    Martin Luther King (1992). “The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr”, p.124, Univ of California Press
  • I did not set out to be beloved and just, only strong." 'A King can be better than that," the Prince insisted. "And so we all begin, determined to better our fathers' performances, knowing we can change the very nature of humanity, make it better, cleaner. But then daggers strike in the night, and peasants revolt, and all manner of atrocities become a necessity as breakfast. Only Princes believe in the greater good. Kings know there is only Reign, and all things may be committed in its holy name.

    Strong   Kings   Father  
  • Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.

    Kings   Ill Will   People  
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.62, Beacon Press
  • We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.

  • Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.67, Beacon Press
  • Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

  • Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.

  • We all have known good critics, who have stamped out poet's hopes; Good statesmen, who pulled ruin on the state; Good patriots, who, for a theory, risked a cause; Good kings, who disemboweled for a tax; Good Popes, who brought all good to jeopardy; Good Christians, who sat still in easy-chairs; And damned the general world for standing up. Now, may the good God pardon all good men!

    Christian   Kings   Men  
  • Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

    Change   Work   Struggle  
    Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume
  • We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

    "Loving Your Enemies" by Martin Luther King, Jr., Christmas, 1957.
  • Good kings are slaves, and their people are free.

    Kings   People   Slavery  
  • The House of Peers, throughout the war, Did nothing in particular, And did it very well: Yet Britain set the world ablaze In good King George's glorious days!

    Kings   War   House  
  • An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good man will be a good king, that all that is necessary is to be a decent human being and when you're king everything will go swimmingly.

    Kings   Mistake   Fall  
    "‘Game Of Thrones’ Author George R. R. Martin Answers Fans’ Questions Live" by Amy Lee, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 28, 2011.
  • Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable . . .

    Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume
  • I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

    Dream   Kings   Children  
    Speech at Civil Rights March,Washington, D.C., 28 Aug. 1963
  • It seems to us unwise to have insisted on teaching geometry to the younger Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, in order to make him a good king, but from Plato's point of view it was essential. He was sufficiently Pythagorean to think that without mathematics no true wisdom is possible.

    Kings   Plato   Teaching  
    Bertrand Russell (2013). “History of Western Philosophy: Collectors Edition”, p.95, Routledge
  • If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

  • I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.

    Kings   Character   Power  
    "The Civil Sphere". Book by Jeffrey C. Alexander, p. 388, 2006.
  • Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'

    Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”
  • Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

    Atlanta Magazine, April 2008.
  • 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.

    Strength to Love (1963) ch. 3
  • Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.

    Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.147, Beacon Press
  • So do I wish I was to be king? That is not a question I ask myself. I ask myself, Would I be a good king? Would I be quick witted and generous of spirit and full of that boundless energy? Or would I be clumsy and stupid and dulled by my own prejudices? I try to be a good man, since I am alive at all, and hope that that teaches me what I would need to know if I was ever faced with a higher challenge.

    Kings   Stupid   Men  
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