Martin Luther King Quotes – I Have a Dream

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

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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 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 accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.

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

The time is always right to do what is right.

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

The time is always ripe to do what is right.

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.

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

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

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.

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

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.

Martin Luther King Quotes – I Have a Dream part 2

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

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 one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus.

The time is always right to do what is right.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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 a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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

Tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.

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

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.

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

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

The time is always right to do what is right.

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

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

Only in the darkness can you see the stars.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

The time is always right to do what is right.