Martin Luther King Jr. Famous Quotes

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 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.

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

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light 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.

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

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

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

We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.

The time is always ripe to do what is right.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a constant attitude.

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

Martin Luther King Jr. Famous Quotes part 2

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

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

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

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.

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

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

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

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.

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

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.

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

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

We are not makers of history. We are made by history.

Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.

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 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.

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

The time is always right to do what is right.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

Love is the most durable power in the world.

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

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

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

We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.

Only in the darkness can you see the stars.