13 of Martin Luther King Jr's Most Inspirational Quotes
13 of Martin Luther King Jr's Most Inspirational Quotes
His messages about justice, freedom, peace, and doing good speak to our hearts and our souls
His messages about justice, freedom, peace, and doing good speak to our hearts and our souls
The words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr continue to inspire us year after year. His messages about justice, freedom, peace, and doing good speak to our hearts and our souls.
King was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929 and like his father before him, he was a Baptist minister, a man of great faith, and a man of great vision who later became the face of the civil rights movement.
Growing up in the racially segregated south, King experienced racism at a young age, which led to his life of activism. After graduating with a doctorate in theology, he became a pastor in Alabama and became involved with the fledgling civil rights movement.
King took part in the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and in 1957 he became the first president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and began a series of peaceful nonviolent protests in Birmingham Alabama. During the 1963 March on Washington where he gave his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech that would eventually lead to a change in the laws dealing with the inequality of African Americans.
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On April 4, 1968, King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee; he was only 39 years old. His life may have ended but his lifework and his legacy are still with us.
Here are some of his most inspirational and memorable quotes.
About Love
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend
About Nonviolence
Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.
About Inspiration
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.
About Faith
“I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
About Doing Good
We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right.
About Forgiveness
He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
About Life
The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important
About Education
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.
About Fear
We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
About Peace
We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the positive affirmation of peace.
About Leadership
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.
About Brotherhood
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.
About Justice
No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.