Here are 30 Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes That Helped People. Sorted from where it was said:
- “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.'” – “I Have a Dream” Speech, 1963
- “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, 1963
- “The time is always right to do what is right.” – Attributed, 1963
- “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'” – Sermon, 1957
- “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Attributed, 1965
- “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” – Attributed, 1962
- “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” – Attributed, 1968
- “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – “Strength to Love”, 1963
- “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” – “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, 1963
- “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.” – “The Purpose of Education” Essay, 1947
- “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” – Attributed, 1963
- “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” – “Strength to Love”, 1963
- “We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” – Speech, 1967
- “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.” – “Strength to Love”, 1963
- “We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.” – “Strength to Love”, 1963
- “True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.” – “Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story”, 1958
- “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” – Speech, 1964
- “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” – “Strength to Love”, 1963
- “The time is always right to do what is right.” – Attributed, 1965
- “There comes a time when silence is betrayal.” – “Beyond Vietnam” Speech, 1967
- “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” – Attributed, 1963
- “If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” – Attributed, 1967
- “A lie cannot live.” – Attributed, 1967
- “The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.” – Attributed, 1968
- “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.” – Attributed, 1965
- “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Attributed, 1965
- “Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” – “The Purpose of Education” Essay, 1947
- “Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.” – “Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?”, 1967
- “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” – “The Trumpet of Conscience”, 1967
- “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” – “Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?”, 1967