Martin Luther King’s Inspirational Quotes

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.

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.

The time is always right to do what is right.

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

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

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.

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

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

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 time is always right to do what is right.

If a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.

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

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

Martin Luther King’s Inspirational Quotes 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.

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

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

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have discovered the meaning of life is in love and service.

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

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

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.

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

The time is always right to do what is right.

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

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.

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

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.

Hate is too great a burden to bear; it injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

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

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

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

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

The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.

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 know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.

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

The time is always right to do what is right.

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

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.

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