Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes – Inspiring Words of Wisdom

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

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Only in the darkness can you see the stars.

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.

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

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

The time is always right to do what is right.

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

Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes – Inspiring Words of Wisdom part 2

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.

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.

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

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

We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.

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

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

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

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.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

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

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.

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

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

We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.

The time is always right to do what is right.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.

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