Noteworthy Quotes by Dr. King

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

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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 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.

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

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

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

The time is always right to do right.

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

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

Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.

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

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 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 all learn to live together as brothers, or we will all perish together as fools.

Noteworthy Quotes by Dr. King part 2

The time is always right to do what is right.

A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.

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

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

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

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.

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

The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.

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

There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

Shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.

The time is always right to do what is right.

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

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.

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.

If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl. But by all means, keep moving.

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

We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.

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

Only in the darkness can you see the stars.

The time is always right to do what is right.

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

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

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.

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

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