Martin Luther King Jr. (15th January 1929 – 4th April 1968) was the most visible person in the civil rights movement. He is the person who delivered the famous “I have a dream” speech but those are not his only notable words. Quotes by Martin Luther King Jr. on peace, human beings etc. are some of the most memorable quotes in the world today. A few of these remarkable quotes by Martin Luther King Jr. have been compiled:
“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”
“Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.”
“Every man lives in two realms: the internal and the external. The internal is that realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion. The external is that complex of devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instrumentalities by means of which we live.”
“Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.”
“There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life’s July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November.”
“Every man lives in two realms: the internal and the external. The internal is that realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion. The external is that complex of devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instrumentalities by means of which we live.”
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
“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.”
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: Only love can do that.”
“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”
“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.”
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”
“Intelligence plus character–that is the goal of true education.”
“We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.”
“No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.”
“Everybody can be great … because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”
“A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.”
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
“Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a constant attitude.”
“Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.”
“We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.”
“We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.”
“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.”
“No person has the right to rain on your dreams.”
“Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”
“People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.”
“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.”
“I have decided to stick to love … Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
“Only in the darkness can you see the stars”
Quotes by Martin Luther King Jr. remain some of the most relevant in the world today. Although his life was brutally cut short, these quotes by Martin Luther King Jr. have inspired and will keep inspiring millions of people.