Famous Quotes by Martin Luther King Jr.

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”

“the time is always right to do the right thing”

“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.”

“Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.”

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

“Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait.”

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

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

“It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.”

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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

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

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

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

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

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

You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

Good morning! Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

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

An injury to one is an injury to all.