Quotes by Bernice King

“As we move into the 21st century, its going to be incumbent upon all of us to realize that while Martin Luther King Jr. was a great and awesome man, that we too have a calling and assignment in this life,”

“Shes not paralyzed. The right side is just weak.”

“She knocked on doors, helped raise funds and did whatever needed to be done to make sure the center was built. My brother Martin and I, as well as the rest of my family and the King Center Board, have both a personal and moral responsibility to carry forth the heart and spirit of my mothers vision and the historic legacy she wishes to pass on to future generations.”

“There have been conversations with Dexter. Weve had a lot of meetings. But it is difficult to work when one party ceases to listen and keeps going with his plans.”

“Prior to my mothers stroke, Martin and I had a conversation with her. She felt at some point, [the center] may in fact end up with the government, but she never envisioned it in her lifetime.”

“She knocked on doors, helped raise funds and did whatever needed to be done to make sure the center was built.”

“She was basically resting. She would come in and out of her rest, open her eyes, look around and go back into her rest. I was actually in the other bed when she took her last four breaths.”

“The old has passed away. There is a new order that is emerging.”

“[A week ago, King was taken to Piedmont when her daughter Yolanda King noticed she had stopped speaking.] Shes doing pretty good. Shes making one step at a time, ... This is a temporary situation, but its not a permanent condition.”

“Shes doing pretty good. Shes making one step at a time in this process.”