Today is the day that 40 years ago Martin Luther King was assassinated on the balcony at the Lorraine Hotel.

MLK had a vision – and from that vision made many quotable quotes. Here are a few MLK quotes to honor this man four decades later.
- “A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.”
“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”- An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.