We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today.  We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.

There is an invisible book of life that faithfully records our vigilance or our neglect.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) remains one of America’s most influential voices in the public arena of civil rights.  These quotes came from a speech given at the Riverside Church in New York City on April 4, 1967 (almost exactly a year before his tragic assassination).