“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: Only love can do that.”
Martin Luther King, Jr
“Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.”
Martin Luther King, Jr
“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
Martin Luther King, Jr
“Every man of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits his convictions, but we must all protest.”
Martin Luther King, Jr
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
Martin Luther King, Jr
“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.”
Martin Luther King, Jr
“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 you have to keep moving forward.”
Martin Luther King, Jr
“We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.”
Martin Luther King, Jr
“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom.”
Martin Luther King, Jr
“We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.”
Martin Luther King, Jr
“I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.”
Martin Luther King, Jr
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”
Martin Luther King, Jr
“Love is the greatest force in the universe. It is the heartbeat of the moral cosmos. He who loves is a participant in the being of God.”
Martin Luther King, Jr
“We must walk on in the days ahead with an audacious faith in the future.”
Martin Luther King, Jr
“One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong.”