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Strength to Love  ·  1963

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Disappointments are part of life, the speaker says, and we can take them in stride. Hope, though, is something to hold onto without limit. It's a steady balance between accepting setbacks and still moving toward something better.

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