Quotes by Martin Luther King

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 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.

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

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 must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

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

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

Quotes by Martin Luther King part 2

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.

Darkness cannot extinguish light; only light can do that. Hate cannot extinguish hate; only love can do that.

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.

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

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

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

Only in the darkness can you see the stars.

The time is always right to do what is right.

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

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

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.

Peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

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

The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be.

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.

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.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.

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.

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

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.

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

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

We must live together as brothers, or perish together as fools.

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

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 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 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.

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

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 must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

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

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

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.

Darkness cannot extinguish light; only light can do that. Hate cannot extinguish hate; only love can do that.

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.

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

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

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

Only in the darkness can you see the stars.

The time is always right to do what is right.

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

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

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.

Peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

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

The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be.

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.

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.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.

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.

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

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.

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

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

We must live together as brothers, or perish together as fools.

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

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.