Martin Luther King JR Quotes
When Martin Luther King Jr. spoke his words were very powerful and inspiring.
Years after his death, his words and writings are still relevant and powerful. They are said through Martin Luther King JR Quotes.
Honor his legacy in style. Find some of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Inspiring Motivational Quotes. These MLK quotes are about hope, justice, and equality.
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Martin Luther King JR Quotes
We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude.
Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.
Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.
There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.
You can kill the dreamer, but you can’t kill the dream.
I am not interested in power for power’s sake, but I’m interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.
For when people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping point short of victory.
Quotes about Martin Luther King Jr
Love is the greatest force in the universe. It is the heartbeat of the moral cosmos. He who loves is a participant in the being of God.
A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
In some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience and comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
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.
One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong.
We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right.
We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn’t matter with me now because I’ve been to the mountaintop… I’ve looked over and I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land.
Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.
Even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.
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MLK Quotes
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?
We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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.
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.
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.
We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.
The time is always right to do what is right.
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.
True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
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.
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
Be a bush if you can’t be a tree. If you can’t be a highway, just be a trail. If you can’t be a sun, be a star. For it isn’t by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.
There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth
Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude
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.
Shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.
The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life, is what is important.
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
Common Questions
What is Martin Luther King’s most famous quote?
The most famous quote about Martin Luther King is “I Have a Dream”. He delivered it during the 1963 March on Washington to a crowd of approximately 250,000 people.
