Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
I have decided to stick to love…Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.
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.
Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation — either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.
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.
(Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964)
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