R.K. King Quotes

The strong man is the man who can stand up for his rights and not hit back.

When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?

[E]very human life is a reflection of divinity, and... every act of injustice mars and defaces the image of God in man.

When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'

The thought process can never be complete without articulation.

Life is like a wheel. Sooner or later, it always come around to where you started again.

It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it.

The first draft of a book—even a long one—should take no more than three months, the length of a season.

Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.

Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war.

No one will deny that the excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic beverages would do more than any other single factor to make impossible a total war effort.

I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent.

If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.

Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?

For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.

The best lessons, the best sermons are those that are lived.

Hurt's a reason to change, but all the hurt in the world don't change facts.

You ever stop to think they can't rob you of knowledge? They can strip you and you've still got it.

American couples have gone to such lengths to avoid the interference of in-laws that they have to pay marriage counselors to interfere between them.

I think no matter what kind of music you play, there will be moments when you feel like it's all been done before.

I would not wish to imply that most industrial accidents are due to intemperance. But, certainly, temperance has never failed to reduce their number.

We respect opposition to any position or policy. But we believe that the opinion that should prevail and be respected is that of the majority.

The first rule of my speaking is: listen!

When I was 5 years old I would lie in bed, look at the radio, and I wanted to be on the radio. I don't know why.

Sensitive, humbug. Everybody thinks I'm sensitive. Wait until they hear my new album.

I went to the High School for Performing Arts in New York for acting. I've studied it on and off for years and have done some theater and film.

No one is free until we are all free.

It is hardly a moral act to encourage others patiently to accept injustice which he himself does not endure.

If you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl, but keep moving forward!

And will I tell you that these three lived happily ever after? I will not, for no one ever does. But there was happiness. And they did live.

What we like to think of ourselves and what we really are rarely have much in common.

You have the power in the present moment to change limiting beliefs and consciously plant the seeds for the future of your choosing. As you change your mind, you change your experience.

If you ever plan to motor west, travel my way, take the highway that is best. Get your kicks, on Route Sixty-six.

We are all made from star dust and we will all return to star dust, like a cosmic palindrome.

You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.

Banks have a new image. Now you have 'a friend,' your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?

When banks extend loans to their customers, they create money by crediting their customers’ accounts.

In this Revolution, no plans have been written for retreat. Those who will not get into step will find that the parade has passed them by.

Time apparently did nothing but blunt grief’s sharpest edge so that it hacked rather than sliced.

Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.

Right defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.

Returning hate, adding deeper darkness to a night that is already void of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

We stand in life at midnight; we are always at the threshold of a new dawn.

You're writing it is how you feel. And when you're finished you put your signature on it and you mail it off and that's it. And that's how "Stand By Me" was really.

When we see social relationships controlled everywhere by the principles which Jesus illustrated in life -- trust, love, mercy, and altruism -- then we shall know that the kingdom of God is here.

Without God, all of our efforts turn to ashes and our sunrise into the darkest of nights.

I never use that word, retire.

We must have the faith that things will work out somehow, that God will make a way for us when there seems no way.

You know, my friends, there comes a time when people get tired of being trampled over by the iron feet of oppression.

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it.