Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Martin Luther King Jr. on Wise Famous Quotes.
When any society says that I cannot marry a certain person, that society has cut off a segment of my freedom,
I have a dream!
To be free at last!
Free at last!
Free at last.
And if a man has nothing to die for,
Then his life is worth nothing.
To be free at last!
Free at last!
Free at last.
And if a man has nothing to die for,
Then his life is worth nothing.
There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair.
The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.
We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
We must have the faith that things will work out somehow, that God will make a way for us when there seems no way.
When I am commanded to love, I am commanded to restore community, to resist injustice, and to meet the needs of my brothers.
The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.
Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture; but ... groups tend to be more immoral than individuals.
Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
The principle of self defense, even involving weapons and bloodshed, has never been condemned, even by Gandhi.
Whenever men and women straighten their backs up, they are going somewhere, because a man can't ride your back unless it is bent
Your self-sacrificin g devotion to your purpose in life and your unwavering faith will carry you through times of difficulty.
I just want to be there in love and in justice and in truth and in commitment to others, so that we can make of this old world a new world.
If I wish to compose or write or pray or preach well, I must be angry. Then all the blood in my veins is stirred, and my understanding is sharpened.
Great people aren't those who are happy at times of convienience and content, but of how they are in times of catastrophy and controversy.
The darkest hour of our struggle had become the hour of victory. Disappointment, sorrow, and despair are born at midnight, but morning follows. I
The slaveholders of America had devised with almost scientific precision their systems for keeping the Negro defenseless, emotionally and physically.
The contemporary church is so often a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. It is so often the arch supporter of the status quo.
There are those who write history. There are those who make history. There are those who experience history.
We ain't what we oughta be. We ain't what we want to be. We ain't what we gonna be. But, thank God, we ain't what we was.
Will we march only to the music of time, or will we, risking criticism and abuse, march to the soul-saving music of eternity?
We in the West must bear in mind that the poor countries are poor primarily because we have exploited them through political or economic colonialism.
The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.
The oppressed must never allow the conscience of the oppressor to slumber. Religion reminds every man that he is his brother's keeper.
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.
I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.
When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every tenement and every hamlet, from every state and every city.
There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it.
People with good intentions but limited understanding are more dangerous than people with total ill will.
Difficult and painful as it is, we must walk on in the days ahead with an audacious faith in the future.
We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war.
It is hardly a moral act to encourage others patiently to accept injustice which he himself does not endure.
If a person sweeps streets for a living, he should sweep them as Michelangelo painted, as Beethoven composed, as Shakespear wrote.
Something should remind us once more that the great things in this universe are things that we never see.
The time had come- indeed it was past due- when I had to disavow and dissociate myself from those who in the name of peace burn, maim, and kill.