Quotes from Martin Luther King

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.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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

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

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

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.’

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 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 can’t see the whole staircase.

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

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

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

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

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

Quotes from Martin Luther King part 2

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.

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

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

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.

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

The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die.

The time is always right to do what is right.

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

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

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.

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?’

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 refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.

Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.

The time is always right to do what is right.

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

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.

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

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

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

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

Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a better person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in.

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

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.

We cannot walk alone.

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

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

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline.

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