It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I don't think you can be in public life without being called bad names. — Martin Luther King, Jr Inspirational Copy Share Image
Carve a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of disappointment. — Martin Luther King, Jr Dark Copy Share Image
We as Christians have a mandate to be nonconformists. — Martin Luther King, Jr Christian Copy Share Image
The church must be reminded that it is not the master, or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Christian Copy Share Image
You can’t reach good ends through evil means, because the means represent the seed and the end represents the tree. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply… — Martin Luther King, Jr American dream Copy Share Image
The bombs in Vietnam explode at home; they destroy the hopes and possibilities for a decent America. — Martin Luther King, Jr America Copy Share Image
Violence ends up defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers. — Martin Luther King, Jr Anger Copy Share Image
Without love, there is no reason to know anyone, for love will in the end connect us to our neighbors, our children… — Martin Luther King, Jr Children Copy Share Image
Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Chains Copy Share Image
You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt. — Martin Luther King, Jr Contempt Copy Share Image
As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Body Copy Share Image
It is our experience that the nation doesn't move around questions of genuine equality for the poor and for black people until… — Martin Luther King, Jr Action Copy Share Image
If you want to be important-wonderful. If you want to be recognized-wonderful. If you want to be great-wonderful. But recognize that he… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There is little hope for us until we become tough-minded enough to break loose from the shackles of prejudice, half-truths, and down-right… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Any religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned about the slums that damn them,… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
What I'm saying to you this morning is that Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Antithesis Copy Share Image
Our goal is to create a beloved community," said Dr. King, "and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as… — Martin Luther King, Jr Beloved Copy Share Image
Like a boil that must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
You can't talk about solving the economic problem of the Negro without talking about billions of dollars. You can't talk about ending… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind. It destroys communities and makes humanity impossible. It creates bitterness… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I want to suggest some of the things that should begin your life's blueprint. Number one...should be a deep belief in your… — Martin Luther King, Jr Belief Copy Share Image
The white poor also suffer deprivation and the humiliation of poverty if not of color. They are chained by the weight of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
On the one hand we are called to play the good Samaritan on life's roadside; but that will be only an initial… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for… — Martin Luther King, Jr Audacity Copy Share Image
I often feel like saying, when I hear the question 'People aren't ready,' that it's like telling a person who is trying… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Authority Copy Share Image
Every man [human being] is an heir to a legacy of dignity and worth — Martin Luther King, Jr Dignity Copy Share Image
[nonviolence] seeks to secure moral ends through moral means. — Martin Luther King, Jr Character Copy Share Image