Painterly yellow sunflower growing through broken grey pavement beneath soft golden light.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker argues that a life should be judged by how good it is rather than how long it lasts. Extra years are not the real measure of worth. What matters is the depth, integrity and meaning of the days one actually lives.

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