Martin Luther King Day 2024 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.

The time is always right to do what is right. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. – Martin Luther King Jr.

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. – Martin Luther King Jr.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. – Martin Luther King Jr.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal. – Martin Luther King Jr.

The time is always right to do what is right. – Martin Luther King Jr.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. – Martin Luther King Jr.

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. – Martin Luther King Jr.

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. – Martin Luther King Jr.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. – Martin Luther King Jr.

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. – Martin Luther King Jr.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.’ – Martin Luther King Jr.

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. Which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. – Martin Luther King Jr.

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. – Martin Luther King Jr.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. – Martin Luther King Jr.

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people. – Martin Luther King Jr.

We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscious. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. – Martin Luther King Jr.

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. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it. – Martin Luther King Jr.

We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now. – Martin Luther King Jr.

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

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. – Martin Luther King Jr.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. – Martin Luther King Jr.

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. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. – Martin Luther King Jr.

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. – Martin Luther King Jr.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. – Martin Luther King Jr.

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

Let no man pull you so low as to hate him. – Martin Luther King Jr.

The time is always right to do what is right. – Martin Luther King Jr.

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. Which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness. – Martin Luther King Jr.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. – Martin Luther King Jr.

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. – Martin Luther King Jr.

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. – Martin Luther King Jr.

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

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. – Martin Luther King Jr.

We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back. – Martin Luther King Jr.