Martin Luther King Jr.
darkness drive light hate love
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968)
faith first step staircase
“Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.”
― Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968)
life begin end silent matter important
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
― Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968)
end remember word silence enemy friend
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
― Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968)
fly run walk crawl move forward
“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.”
― Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968)
nothing world dangerous ignorance conscientous stupidity
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
― Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968)
intelligence character goal education
“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
― Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968)
time silence betrayal
“There comes a time when silence is betrayal.”
― Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968)
never forget hitler legal
“Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.”
― Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968)
live together brother perish fool
“We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
― Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968)
time always right do
“the time is always right to do the right thing”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
moral responsibility disobey unjust law
“One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”
― Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968)
science power guided missile misguided man
“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”
― Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968)
street sweeper excellence michelangelo beethoven shakespeare
“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.”
― Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
great small things way
“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way”
― Martin Luther King Jr. (1969-1968)
end remember enemy silence friend
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
― Martin Luther King Jr. (1969-1968)
Black revolution negroes america USA racism poverty militarism
"The black revolution is much more han a struggle for the rights of Negroes. It is, rather, forcing America face all its interelated flaws: racism, poverty, militarism, and materialism."
― Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968)
end words enemy silence friend
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but he silence of our friends."
― Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968)