Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes About Inspirational
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Far from being disturbed by the presence of the church, the power structure of the average community is consoled by the church's often vocal sanction of things as they are.
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I am thankful, however, that some of our white brothers have grasped the meaning of this social revolution and committed themselves to it. They are still all too small in quantity, but they are big in quality.
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I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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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. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
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Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.
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Nonviolence is an imperative in order to bring about ultimate community.
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I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.
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The greatness of our God lies in the fact that [He] is both tough minded and tender hearted.
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A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law, or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law.
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They were too God-intoxicated to be "astronomically intimidated." They brought an end to such ancient evils as infanticide and gladiatorial contest.
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You have very little morally persuasive power with people who can feel your underlying contempt.
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We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
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Will we be extremists for hate, or will we be extremists for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice, or will we be extremists for the cause of justice?
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An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind.
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If you haven't found something worth dying for, you're not fit to live.
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Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.
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One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
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If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.
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Even if our motives are presently misunderstood. We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom.
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Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.
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Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.
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The richer we have become materially, the poorer we become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly in the air like birds and swim in the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers.
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Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history the majestic words of the Declaration of Independence, we were here.
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Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
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My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and nonviolent pressure.
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Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
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We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
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Was not Abraham Lincoln an extremist? - "This nation cannot survive half slave and half free."
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There is no gain without struggle.
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Born: January 15, 1929
- Died: April 4, 1968
- Occupation: Civil rights activist
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