There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth. — Martin Luther Jr. King. American civil rights activist (1929–1968) Life & Death
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.