Drum Major Quotes

• The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Issues, Life Is, Instinct

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.217, Beacon Press

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• We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a hotel door, simply because he has a drum major's uniform on.

  Robert Benchley

  Men, Doors, Uniforms

  Robert Benchley (1970). “Benchley Lost and Found: 39 Prodigal Pieces”, p.43, Courier Corporation

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• Sí, si quieres decir que fui tambor mayor, di que fui tambor mayor por la justicia. Di que fui un tambor mayor por la paz. Fui un tambor mayor por la rectitud. Y todas las otras cosas superficiales no importarán. No tendré dinero que dejar atrás. No tendré las cosas finas y lujosas de la vida para dejar atrás. Pero sólo quiero dejar atrás una vida comprometida. Y eso es todo lo que quiero decir.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Justice, Want, Matter

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.224, Beacon Press

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• I won't have any money to leave behind. I won't have the fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind. But I just want to leave a committed life behind.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Determination, Want, Fine

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.224, Beacon Press

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• Si puedo ayudar a alguien al pasar, si puedo animar a alguien con una palabra o una canción, si puedo demostrar a alguien que viaja mal, entonces mi vida no será en vano.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Song, Cheer, Volunteer

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.224, Beacon Press

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• Si quieres ser importante, maravilloso. Si quieres ser reconocido, maravilloso. Si quieres ser grande, maravilloso. Pero reconoce que el que es más grande entre vosotros será vuestro servidor. Esa es una nueva definición de grandeza.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Greatness, Important, Definitions

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.173, Beacon Press

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• Sólo necesitas un corazón lleno de gracia

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Corazón, Grandeza, Ayudar a los demás

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). "The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings", p.222, Beacon Press.

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• I just want to be there in love and in justice and in truth and in commitment to others, so that we can make of this old world a new world.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Commitment, Justice, Want

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.177, Beacon Press

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• We all have the drum major instinct. We all want to be important, to surpass others, to achieve distinction, to lead the parade.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Important, Want, Achieve

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.212, Beacon Press

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• I just want to leave a committed life behind.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Want, Committed, Behinds

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.224, Beacon Press

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• Wise kings wear shabby clothes, and leave the gold lace to the drum major.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Wise, Kings, Clothes

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• Another picture I hope to be remembered by is this one of the drum major rehearsing at the University of Michigan. It was early in this morning, and I saw a little boy running after him, all the faculty children in the playing field ran after the boy, and I ran after them. This is a completely spontaneous, unstaged picture.

  Alfred Eisenstaedt

  Correr, Mañana, Niños

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