Famous MLK Quotes

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. – Martin Luther King Jr.

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

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.

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.

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

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.

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.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

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

The time is always right to do what is right.

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

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.

Famous MLK Quotes part 2

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

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.

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

The beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold.

The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience, but how he stands at times of controversy and challenges.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

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

The time is always right to do what is right.

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists.

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.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.

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.

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

A lie cannot live.

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

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.

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

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

We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.

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.

We must walk on in the days ahead with an audacious faith in the future.

Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’

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

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.