Motivation & hard work

“If you can't fly, run; if you can't run, walk; if you can't walk, crawl; but by all means keep moving.”

– Martin Luther King Jr., Keep Moving from This Mountain, speech at Spelman College (1960)

What does it mean?

Do whatever you are able to do, even if it is slow or small. The important thing is never to stop going forward.

Key vocabulary

crawl
move slowly on your hands and knees

Who said it?

Martin Luther King Jr.: American civil rights leader (1929–1968). Source: Keep Moving from This Mountain, speech at Spelman College (1960).

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