Martin Luther King Quotes
An inspirational civil rights activist, Martin Luther King, Jr. was an advocate for equality and brotherhood.
Many of comments have become long lasting inspirational quotes for many that knew him.
Below are some of those famous quotes:
"The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important."
"The time is always right to do what is right."
"We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope."
"A man who won't die for something is not fit to live."
"Everything that is done in the world is done by hope."
"Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others."
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."
"A lie cannot live."
"A man can't ride your back unless it's bent."
"A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan."
"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom."
"We will speed the day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing... Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, I'm free at last."
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
"A right delayed is a right denied."
"A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard."
"At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love."
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."
There are so many famous words spoken by Martin Luther King that have changed our history. Read and study his words and learn from them. |