10 Powerful Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes That Inspire Change
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed.
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.
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.
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.
We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right.
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
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.
We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.
10 Powerful Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes That Inspire Change part 2
We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
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.
Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.
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.
Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
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.
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals.
The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.
Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
And I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land.
We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
There comes a time when silence is betrayal.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.
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.
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it.
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.
The hope of a secure and liveable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace, and brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.
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.