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Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15th, 1929. He was a pivotal advocate for African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.

King experienced racism from an early age, and those events stayed with and eventually brought him to a life of activism. After graduating college with a doctorate degree in theology, King became a pastor in Alabama. He began a series of peaceful protests in the south that eventually changed many laws dealing with the equality of African Americans. King gave hundreds of moving speeches across the country, and in 1964 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

On April 4th, 1968, Dr. King was shot and killed while in Memphis, Tennessee. Although his life ended that day, the work that he had accomplished changed the nation. King will be remembered not only for his commitment to the cause of equality for African Americans but also for his profound speeches that moved so many.

MLK Jr.'s words were spoken with hope that the future for African Americans would be brighter and that they would finally be given the equality they deserved.
The following 123 Martin Luther King Jr. quotes on life, love, progress, and freedom helped shape the progressive world we live in today.
Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes on Life

We are not makers of history. We are made by history.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals.

We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right.

There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.

Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.

Every man lives in two realms: the internal and the external. The internal is that realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion. The external is that complex of devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instrumentalities by means of which we live.

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.

There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life's July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November.

A lie cannot live.

The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows

The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.

Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes on Love

He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

Nonviolence is absolute commitment to the way of love. Love is not emotional bash; it is not empty sentimentalism. It is the active outpouring of one's whole being into the being of another.

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.

Inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.

Everybody can be great ... because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.

A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

You will change your mind; You will change your looks; You will change your smile, laugh, and ways but no matter what you change, you will always be you.

Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.

Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the positive affirmation of peace.

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.

Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes on Leadership

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a constant attitude.

Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality.

When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.

That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.

If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.

We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind.

Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.

Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great because greatness is determined by service... You only need a heart full of grace and a soul generated by love.

Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.

The soft-minded man always fears change. He feels security in the status quo, and he has an almost morbid fear of the new. For him, the greatest pain is the pain of a new idea.

We cannot walk alone.

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.

Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes on Progress

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don't know each other; they don't know each other because they have not communicated with each other.

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.

We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.

I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.

What is wrong in the world today is that the nations of the world are engaged in a bitter, colossal contest for supremacy.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.

The more there are riots, the more repressive action will take place, and the more we face the danger of a right-wing takeover and eventually a fascist society.

Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes on Justice

No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.

The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.

The principle of self defense, even involving weapons and bloodshed, has never been condemned, even by Gandhi.

Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes on Nonviolence

We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.

Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.

World peace through nonviolent means is neither absurd nor unattainable. All other methods have failed. Thus we must begin anew. Nonviolence is a good starting point. Those of us who believe in this method can be voices of reason, sanity, and understanding amid the voices of violence, hatred, and emotion. We can very well set a mood of peace out of which a system of peace can be built.

Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.

Mankind must put and end to war or war will put an end to mankind.

Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes on Freedom

If the cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail. Because the goal of America is freedom, abused and scorned tho' we may be, our destiny is tied up with America's destiny.

In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, as 'right-to-work.' It provides no 'rights' and no 'works.' Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining... We demand this fraud be stopped.

I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits.

If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive.

I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.

When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, 'Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!'

Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes on Faith

If any earthly institution or custom conflicts with God's will, it is your Christian duty to oppose it. You must never allow the transitory, evanescent demands of man-made institutions to take precedence over the eternal demands of the Almighty God.

Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles; Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances. Courage breeds creativity; Cowardice represses fear and is mastered by it. Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience ask the question, is it right? And there comes a time when we must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right.

Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, 'Love your enemies.' It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. Just keep being friendly to that person. Just keep loving them, and they can't stand it too long. Oh, they react in many ways in the beginning. They react with guilt feelings, and sometimes they'll hate you a little more at that transition period, but just keep loving them. And by the power of your love they will break down under the load. That's love, you see. It is redemptive, and this is why Jesus says love. There's something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies.

The God whom we worship is not a weak and incompetent God. He is able to beat back gigantic waves of opposition and to bring low prodigious mountains of evil. The ringing testimony of the Christian faith is that God is able.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'

Seeing is not always believing.

Quotes About Martin Luther King Jr.

The evidence of Martin Luther King Jnr's "I have a dream" declaration was a passionate confirmation of how a dream meant for liberation, success and fulfilled life can become true.
Israelmore Ayivor, Shaping the Dream

We can move in that direction as a country, in greater polarization - black people amongst blacks, and white amongst whites, filled with hatred toward one another. Or we can make an effort, as Martin Luther King Jr. did, to understand and to comprehend, and replace that violence, that stain of bloodshed that has spread across our land, with an effort to understand, compassion and love.... What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black.
Robert F. Kennedy

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream was a manifestation of hope that humanity might one day get out of its own way by finding the courage to realize that love and nonviolence are not indicators of weakness but gifts of significant strength.
Aberjhani, Illuminated Corners: Collected Essays and Articles Volume I

We can't answer King's assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could pay him.
Sammy Davis Jr.

10 Facts About Martin Luther King Jr.

1. Martin Luther King Jr. skipped two grades in high school, 9th and 11th, and entered college (Morehouse College) at the age of 15 in 1944. By 19, he received a bachelor's degree in sociology.

2. His honeymoon was spent at a funeral parlor. This was not because someone died, simply because a friend owned the parlor and offered to let him use it for his honeymoon.

3. His house was once bombed. This was during the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which lasted 385 days.

4. Martin Luther King Jr.'s autopsy revealed that stress had taken a major toll on his body. Despite being only 39 when he passed away, one of his doctors noted that he had "the heart of a 60 year old".

5. Today over 700 streets in the Unites States are named after Martin Luther King Jr. There is one such street in almost every major city.

6. King's "I Have a Dream" speech was not his first at the Lincoln Memorial.

7. King narrowly escaped an assassination attempt a decade before his death.

8. Members of King's family did not believe James Earl Ray acted alone.

9. King's mother was also slain by a bullet in 1974.

10. George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are the only other Americans to have had their birthdays observed as a national holiday (now combined as Presidents Day).

Martin Luther King Jr. inspired the human race to strive for harmony among all people. His tragic death shocked the nation, but his words and his dedication to equality continue to inspire younger generations.
We hope these famous Martin Luther King Jr. quotes lift your heart and spirit.

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are a few Thomas Edison quotes to inspire and motivate. Edison is well known for his many inventions, but he is also well known for his hard work ethic and perseverance. Even after many failed attempts with his light bulb design, Edison continued on knowing each failure brought him closer to success. We hope these Thomas Edison quotes give you the motivation to persevere.

"Personally, I enjoy working about 18 hours a day. Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night."

"Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence and honest purpose, as well as perspiration."

"Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success."

"A genius is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework."

"When I have finally decided that a result is worth getting, I go ahead on it and make trial after trial until it comes."

"I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it."

"My main purpose in life is to make enough money to create ever more inventions.... The dove is my emblem.... I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it.... I am proud of the fact that I have never invented weapons to kill...."

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

"Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability.... We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation."

"I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that. I wish I had more years left."

"I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator."

"If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves...."

"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."

"I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun."

"Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something."

"One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But speaking for myself, I can honestly say this is not so...I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success."

"I have more respect for the fellow with a single idea who gets there than for the fellow with a thousand ideas who does nothing."

"I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world."

"Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits."

"The man who doesn't make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life."

"The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world."

"It's obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything."

"Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool."

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"I couldn't sleep knowing I was going to leave my Miami. It's always going to be my home, but it's not the same."

" Everybody can have one great year. I've got to prove I can do it again."

"I don't have pressure on me. I just put pressure on myself to play hard every day."

"I've been playing baseball since I was four. I've got baseball in my blood. I love baseball."

"I always knew I could play, but it wasn't likely to happen in Boston. I'm grateful to the Red Sox for trading me and to the Marlins for giving me the chance."

"I played because I loved it. It was incredible when they told me they were going to sign me and they were going to give me money."

"I don't want last season to be as good as I get."

"I'm just going to try to hit the ball hard. If it's going out of the park, that'll be OK."

"I've got to keep working hard and doing what I'm doing."

"The fans here, they've been unbelievable. You've got to play hard for them."

"I'm trying to be more consistent."

"I'm not going to give the same energy. I am going to give more of myself. If everyone thinks like that, it's going to be something incredible."

"I miss Manny and Big Papi."

"I was born for baseball."

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Rosa Parks didn't set out to become "the first lady of civil rights." But when she defied Alabama law by refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger on December 1, 1955-and was arrested as a result of it-the impact of her act of defiance was far-reaching, and encouraged others to stand up with her.

On what would have been her 105th birthday, here are 15 inspiring quotes from Rosa Parks.

1. ON STANDING UP FOR ONESELF

"Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground."

2. AND 3. ON FEAR

"You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right."

"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear."

4., 5. AND 6. ON FREEDOM

"I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free ... so other people would be also free."

"Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way."

"I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom."

7. ON REASON AND MADNESS

"There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take... The line between reason and madness grows thinner."

8., 9. AND 10. ON LEGACY

"Each person must live their life as a model for others."

"Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others."

"I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people."

11. AND 12. ON RACISM

"Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome."

"As far back as I can remember, I knew there was something wrong with our way of life when people could be mistreated because of the color of their skin."

13. AND 14. ON THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT

"People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically ... No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in."

"I was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black."

15. ON PAIN

"Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again."

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The Hindenburg disaster signaled the end of the Airship Era and the rise of Nazi Germany. As The New York Times reports, Werner G. Doehner, the last surviving passenger of the historic crash, died on November 8 at age 90.

Doehner was just 8 years old when he boarded the Hindenburg with his father, mother, brother, and sister in early May 1937. The family made up five of the 97 passengers and crew members who took the three-day flight from Germany to the United States.

In New Jersey, the German airship's voyage was cut short: It erupted into a ball of flame during its descent, an accident that likely resulted from static electricity igniting a hydrogen leak. Werner Doehner spent several months in a hospital with severe burns on his arms, legs, and face. His father and sister were among the 36 people who perished in the tragedy.

Doehner went on to live a long life. After the disaster, he returned with his surviving family to Mexico City, the place were he grew up. He continued to live there with his wife Elin and his son Bernie until 1984, when he moved to the United States with his family to work as an engineer for General Electric. Bernie Doehner shared that his father didn't like to talk about his memories of the Hindenburg disaster-though they did make a solemn visit to the site of the crash when Bernie was an adolescent.

Werner Doehner died of complications related to pneumonia earlier this month in Laconia, New Hampshire. He had been the youngest passenger on board the Hindeburg's final voyage, and at age 90, he was the last remaining survivor.

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From the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade to back-to-back NFL games, there are certain Thanksgiving traditions that you're probably familiar with, even if your own celebration doesn't necessarily include them. But how much do you really know about the high-calorie holiday?

To give you a crash course on the history of Thanksgiving and everything we associate with it, WalletHub compiled stats from the U.S. Census Bureau, the American Farm Bureau Association, Harris Poll, and more into one illuminating infographic. Featured facts include the date Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday (October 3, 1863) and the percentage of Americans whose favorite dish is turkey (39 percent).

Not only is it interesting to learn how the majority of Americans celebrate the holiday, it also might make you feel better about how your own Thanksgiving usually unfolds. If you're frantically calling the Butterball Turkey hotline for help on how to cook a giant bird, you're not alone-the hotline answers more than 100,000 questions in November and December. And you're in good company if your family forgoes the home-cooked meal altogether, too: 9 percent of Americans head to a restaurant for Thanksgiving dinner.

It's also a great way to fill in the blanks of your Thanksgiving knowledge. You might know that the president ceremoniously pardons one lucky turkey every year, but do you know which president kicked off the peculiar practice? It was George H.W. Bush, in 1989.

Read on to discover the details of America's most delicious holiday below, and find out why we eat certain foods on Thanksgiving here.

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Baseball is a funny game. Just ask Hanley Ramirez. One day you're an unknown teenager trying to catch the organization's eye, then a few years later you're a batting champion and MVP candidate. And just as quickly, you're a bum. Actually, that part isn't so funny. In Hanley's case, it cost him his job and his home. Once viewed as the future of the Miami Marlins, Hanley has switched coasts and is now at the crux of what his friends and fans believe can still be an incredible career. This is his story...

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Hanley Ramirez was born on December 23, 1983 in Samana, Dominican Republic. His father, Toribio, fixed cars for a living. He was a quiet, well-liked man. Hanley's zest for life came from his mother, Isabel, who was always laughing and joking around. (Click here for today's sports birthdays.)

Like many young Dominican boys, Hanley was passionate about baseball. He dreamed of playing shortstop like Tony Fernandez and hitting homers like Pedro Guerrero. The only difference was that Hanley actually did. He was a big kid with a powerful arm and potent bat. At age five, in his first season of organized play, he led his league in home runs-and still has the plastic trophy to prove it.

Hanley's father saw how happy baseball made his son. Over the years, he and his wife made whatever sacrifices they had to in order to keep him moving up the ladder-as long as he kept up with his schoolwork. Their dream for Hanley was to one day study engineering, but he kept getting better and better at baseball.

Hanley started attracting the attention of scouts around the age of 15. He found the whole process curious. Why did they care? It was only when one of the other boys explained that you could get paid a lot of money for being a baseball player in the United States that Hanley began to see the game as a career. Another boy from Samana, Fernando Rodney, signed a deal with the Detroit Tigers. Suddenly, playing ball for a living didn't seem so crazy.

Hanley's biggest fan was Boston scout Levy Ochoa, who saw a five-tool player waiting to blossom. Hanley signed with the Red Sox for $55,000 in July of 2000.

He joined their team in the Dominican Summer League the following year. At age 17, he batted well over .400. He and Alberto Callaspo were the league's top two shortstops. It was around this time that Hanley set a goal for himself-he would buy his parents a house on the same street as Pedro Martinez, the man he hoped to play next to on the Red Sox one day.

Hanley found himself in Florida in 2002 as a member of the Ft. Myers Red Sox. He batted .341 with 20 extra-base hits in 45 games against Gulf Coast League hurlers. Hanley finshed the season with the Lowell Spinners of the NY-Penn League, where he posted a .371 average in 22 games.

ON THE RISE

The 2003 season saw Hanley make the jump at shortstop for the Augusta Green Jackets of the Class-A South Atlantic League. Playing for former major leaguer Russ Morman, Hanley batted .275 and swiped a team-best 36 bases. The club finished in last place, but Hanley was every bit as good as super prospect B. J. Upton, who starred for the Charleston River Dogs. The only black mark on Hanley's season was a 10-game suspension leveled after he gave his own dugout the one-finger peace sign during a game. He was still a kid and obviously needed some maturing.

In 2004, Hanley spent most of the year at Class-A Sarasota, where he hit a solid .310. After a much deserved promotion, he played the final month with the Portland Sea Dogs and matched his .310 average. The power the Red Sox hoped would develop was still missing, however, as Hanley hit just six homers at both stops.

Hanley returned to the Dominican Republic and tore it up in winter ball. David Ortiz, who played against him, told his teammates that Hanley was major league ready when he arrived in camp. The youngster certainly looked the part-he now stood a rock-solid 6-3 and weighed just a shade under 200 pounds.

Hanley trained with the big leaguers for the first time and spent hour after hour hanging around the cage, watching the Red Sox sluggers and asking for tips. He knew his days in the organization might be numbered, given that he was now stuck behind Edgar Renteria, whom Boston had signed to a four-year, $40 million contract that winter. Indeed, the team's plan was to let Hanley percolate in the minors until the trade deadline neared in July, at which point the club would swap him for the piece they needed to compete in the playoffs.

Hanley said all the right things to stay in a Boston uniform, including volunteering to play second base. But he was too good a shortstop to use on that side of the bag. After hitting at a .389 clip against major league arms, Hanley was shipped to Boston's minor league complex.

Hanley opened the year with the Sea Dogs, playing alongside Dustion Pedroia, Boston's top pick in the 2004 draft. Pedroia, a shortstop for Arizona State, moved to second. Hanly hit .271 with a lot of speed and enough pop to keep the organization happy. He looked ready for the big leagues.

That summer, Red Sox Nation was practically drooling at the thought of Hanley's promotion to the big club. A sore back kept his stats down somewhat, but when he spent a couple of off-days sightseeing in Boston that July, the rumor mill began churning wildly. With Johnny Damon in the walk year of his contract, there was talk that Hanley might be the Bosox centerfielder in 2006.

Fernando Rodney, 2007 Heritage

Later in the month, the Sea Dogs moved Hanley to second base for a week. Boston's Mark Bellhorn was barely over the Mendoza line and wasn't showing much with the glove, either. The Bosox fans began chattering again. It took a September injury to Kevin Youkilis, however, to clear the way for Hanley's long-awaited cup of coffee. He played two weeks in September, got two at-bats and whiffed both times.

Hanley went into the off-season wondering what his address would be come the '06 campaign. He did not have to wait long. On Thanksgiving the Red Sox and Marlins consummated a deal that sent Hanley and pitching prospect Anibal Sanchez to Florida in exchange for Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell.

Hanley had a good spring with the Marlins and won the starting job at short. He got off to a .400 start in early April but stumbled badly in June. At one point, he was hitless in 29 straight at-bats.

Hanley got back into a groove in August and September, batting .341 in the final two months and keeping the Marlins within sniffing distance of a Wild Card berth. They faded over the season's last 10 days, however, and finished 78-84.

Hanley was part of a remarkable young team in Florida that year. To his right was Miguel Cabrera, an MVP candidate at age 23. To his left was second baseman Dan Uggla, who was snapped up in the Rule 5 draft after a sensational year at Double-A for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Cabrera batted a robust .339 with 50 doubles, 26 home runs and 114 RBIs. Uggla, meanwhil, hit for average and power all summer long and held his own at second base. He and Hanley became great friends. Completing the infield was another rookie, Mike Jacobs, picked up from the Mets during the team's Carlos Delgado salary dump. He proved a capable middle-of the-lineup hitter.

On the mound, Josh Johnson was among the NL's stingiest starters, while staff veteran Dontrelle Willis anchored the rotation. Sanchez, Hanley's old Boston teammate, joined the Marlins midway through the season and threw a no-hitter.

In the end, though, it was Hanley who stood out as the Marlins ' prize rookie. He had beefed up another 10 pounds or so and found his power stroke, blasting 46 doubles, 11 triples and 17 home runs. He also swiped 51 bases. Hanley settled into the leadoff spot and finished the year at .292.

Six weeks after Florida's season ended, Hanley got the news that he had been named N.L. Rookie of the Year. He edged Ryan Zimmerman and Uggla for the honor. Uggla ended up setting a record for home runs by a rookie second baseman with 27, but he had a horrible September, which may have tilted voters in Hanley's favor. Johnson, whose season ended early with a sore arm, finished fourth.

Hanley began the 2007 season hoping to improve on his Rookie of the Year numbers, something that he was constantly reminded almost never happens. His second year with the Marlins was tremendous. He hit .332 with 29 home runs and 51 steals, falling one home run short of becoming the third person in MLB history to hit 30 home runs and have at least 50 steals. He finished second in the league with 212 hits and 125 runs. Hanley finished the year in the Top 10 in batting, slugging, doubles and stolen bases.

MAKING HIS MARK

In 2008, Hanley became the face of the franchise. The Marlins traded their two marquee veterans, Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis, to the Detroit Tigers. Hanley responded well to the pressure of being the club leader. He played in his first All-Star Game, starting for the NL and batting leadoff. He collected two hits in three trips to the plate.

Hanley also led the league in runs scored and cranked out a career-best 33 home runs. At age 24, he had all the earmarks of a future Hall of Famer. This no doubt prompted the Marlins to sign Hanley to a six-year, $70 million extension, giving him the biggest contract in team history.

Hanley hit his first career grand slam on Opening Day of 2009 against the Washington Nationals. Batting in the heart of the order, he saw lots more RBI opportunities during the year and drove in 106 runs to go along with a league-leading .342 average. The Marlins started fast and held onto to first place in the early part of the season. After dipping below .500 for several weeks, they regained their footing and pulled into second place behind the Phillies. They finished with a respectable 87 wins but could not close the gap on Philadelphia. After the season, Hanley finished as the runner-up to Albert Pujols in the MVP voting.

Hanley batted .300 for the fourth year in a row in 2010, but his power numbers dropped significantly. Even so, he started the All-Star Game for the third consecutive year. Early in the season, manager Fredi Gonzalez benched Hanley for not hustling after a ball that he had inadvertently kicked into the left field corner. The two never really saw eye to eye, and Gonzalez was fired a month later. The new manager, Edwin Rodriguez, failed to light a fire under the Marlins, who played .500 ball from wire to wire. Hanley nursed a sore elbow and shoulder much of the season, which accounted in part for the fall-off of his stats.

The shoulder pain continued to hamper Hanley in 2011, especially after he made a diving catch in a July game against the New York Mets. Offensively, it was already a lost season for him. He appeared in only 92 games and finished with a paltry .243 average and only 10 home runs.

Also affecting Hanley was the fact that he played without his longtime DP partner, Dan Uggla, who was traded to the Atlanta Braves for Omar Infante. The two were good at pushing each other, and it may not have been a coincidence that the batting averages of both players plummeted.

Hanley opted for shoulder surgery in the offseason and was ready to go by spring training. He had to learn to play a new position, as the acquisition of free agent Jose Reyes necessitated his moving to third base. Hanley said all the right things and was glad to have a table-setter in the lineup, but he wasn't happy about the move.

Although his power numbers improved, Hanley seemed to lack the fire he had displayed earlier in his career with the Marlins. Even so, with help from young stars Giancarlo Stanton and Emilio Bonifacio, the team (now representing the city of Miami) actually snuck into first place in early June. With new stars and a new stadium, Miami fans looked forward to a run at the division crown in the jumbled NL East. However, it was not to be. Seventeen losses in 20 games sent the Marlins tumbling into the cellar with a 34-40 record.

As the trade deadline approached, the Marlins decided they were sellers. Infante and Anibal Sanchez were shipped to Detroit. Gaby Sanchez went to the Pittsburgh Pirates. On July 25, the team announced a trade that sent Hanley to the Los Angeles Dodgers for pitching prospect Nate Eovaldi.

With shortstop Dee Gordon on the DL, Hanley got in a few games at his old position with Los Angeles, splitting time between short and third. He had two hits, including a triple and an RBI, inhis debut in Dodger blue, but his bat remained quiet in early August, as the Dodgers played tag with the San Francisco Giants at the top of the NL West. The fans hoped his first LA homer was a sign of things to come-it beat the Giants in an tense extra-inning game.

Once the top prospect in the game, Hanley now faces a crossroads in his career. Perhaps in Los Angeles, where Matt Kempp and Clayton Kershaw are the marquee names, he can shine once again now that he doesn't have the pressure of carrying a franchise by himself.

HANLEY THE PLAYER

Hanley surprised many with his home run output as a rookie. The power surge came courtesy of a quick, powerful stroke that he honed over the winter of 2005-06. Prior to that he had a longer swing and rarely hit the ball on the screws.

During his time with the Marlins, Hanley gravitated toward the middle of the lineup, but he also batted third on occasion. Wherever he batted, he remained one of the organization's top base-stealing threats. With the Dodgers, his responsibilities are different, but the club still encourages him to put his entire offensive arsenal on display.

Hanley has good range in the field and a very strong arm. Much like Alex Rodriwgues in the American League, he could have a very long and productive career as a third sacker if that's where he ends up.

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Hanley Ramirez loves his fans -- especially the kids. The young fans that come out to watch him play have made storylines that will make your heart melt. For example, there was the time he made a young Blue Jays fan's day with a pat on the head, some adorable forehead kisses to two sweet little girls and even something as simple as taking selfies while in the on-deck circle -- he always makes time for kids.
Recently, he shared a precious moment with a child who walked right up to him and was welcomed with the open arms of Ramirez:

I love kids. Mine and yours. He likes the @RedSox and he whispered that he brought me some hits 🤩 pic.twitter.com/Tnp1gqNCMo
- Hanley Ramirez ⚾️ (@HanleyRamirez) May 19, 2018

Like I said -- too precious for words.
The three-time All-Star also showed up to the Orioles-Red Sox game on Sunday dressed in beach attire. He was wearing a tropical tank top, some shorts, flip-flops and a fedora to prepare for the team's post-game travel attire to St. Petersburg, Fla. And in true Hanley-fashion, he greeted the kids:

He also helped out the grounds crew because that's the type of person he is:

No days off for @HanleyRamirez. pic.twitter.com/lFD2vkLACW
- Red Sox (@RedSox) May 20, 2018

Everyone deserves a friend like Hanley Ramirez.

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Hanley Ramirez continued his quest to become every kid's best friend this weekend

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