Dr Martin Luther King Quotes – Inspiring Words of a Civil Rights Icon

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

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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.

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

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.

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.

I look to a day when people 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.

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

The time is always right to do what is right.

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

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.

Dr Martin Luther King Quotes – Inspiring Words of a Civil Rights Icon part 2

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

Everybody can be great because anybody can serve.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.

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

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

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.

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.

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

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

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

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

Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles.

There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.

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.

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

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

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

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

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. It is a sword that heals.

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

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

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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.

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

The time is always right to do what is right.

We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.

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

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