Martin Luther King – Inspiring Quotes That Will Leave You Moved and Motivated

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

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.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

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

The time is always right to do what is right.

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.

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.

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 low enough to hate him.

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

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

Martin Luther King – Inspiring Quotes That Will Leave You Moved and Motivated part 2

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

True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.

Whatever career you may choose for yourself, make sure it is something you love and you can give your whole self to.

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

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

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

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

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

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illumines it.

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

The time is always right to do what is right.

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

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

Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.

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

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?’

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

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.

Only in the darkness can you see the stars.

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.

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

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

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

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon.

Our lives matter. If our lives matter, so do our dreams.

There is power in forgiveness and healing in love.

Our greatest weapon against hate is love.

We must be the change we wish to see in the world.