"We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear." ― Martin Luther King, Jr. Topic(s): Courage Tags: build, courage, dikes More From Martin Luther King, Jr. "I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood." "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." "The sweltering summer of the Negro’s legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality." More In Courage "If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment."― Frances Wright "Yes, you must have the courage of being free."― Jose Carreras "Although the war in which you fought took place more than half-a-century ago, your courage, your sacrifice and your patriotism reaches through the decades and inspires us today."― Mike Ferguson