Student Success Statement

“Cowardice asks the question ‘Is it safe?’

 Expediency asks the question ‘Is it polite?’

 Vanity asks the question ‘Is it popular?’ 

But, conscience asks the question ‘Is it right?’ And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor polite, nor popular, but one must take it because one’s conscience tells one that it is right.”

-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

I think what this quote means is that your conscience tells you what’s right or wrong no matter how safe, polite, or popular that choice is. There can be many factors when choosing the right but your choice shouldn't be affected by cowardice, expediency, or vanity. It should only be affected by how right it is.