Apple commemorates Martin Luther King Jr. Day with quote on website

"Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights," King said. "You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in."

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook also took to Twitter to honor King, whose memory is celebrated with a national holiday on the third Monday of January each year. Cook said King inspires him to "help achieve justice and equality," and shared a quote:

"We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now."

Cook has named King as one of his personal heroes, and is a regular donor to the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization, which honored him with its "Ripple of Hope" award in 2015. Over the years, Cook has spoken out on a number of causes important to him, including LGBT rights, gender and race equality, climate change, online privacy, and Syrian refugees.