Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes – I Have a Dream

I have a dream that one day all people will be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

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 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 must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

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.

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

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

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, keep moving forward.

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

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

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.

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

Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes – I Have a Dream part 2

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

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the true goal of education.

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

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.

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

The time is always right to do what is right.

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

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, keep moving forward.

True peace is not merely the absence of tension, but the presence of justice.

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.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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.

We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.

If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.

The time is always right to do what is right.

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

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

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the true goal of education.

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

There is no gain without struggle.

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

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.

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.

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

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.