--- title: "8 Decided Quotes By Martin Luther King, Jr" description: "8 Decided quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. Plus more from Martin Luther King, Jr and more Decided sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/martin-luther-king-jr-127_afraid_i-was-much-more-afraid-in-montgomery-whe_266278.jpg" --- > [I was much more afraid in Montgomery when I had a gun in my house. When I decided that I couldn’t keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-was-much-more-afraid-in-montgomery-when-i-had-a-gun-in-my-house/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/martin-luther-king-jr-127_afraid_i-was-much-more-afraid-in-montgomery-whe_266278.jpg) > [We were not unmindful of the difficulties involved. So we decided to go through a process of self-purification.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-were-not-unmindful-of-the-difficulties-involved-so-we-decided-to/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/martin-luther-king-jr-127_decided_we-were-not-unmindful-of-the-difficultie_482434.png) > [I have decided to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. And the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-have-decided-to-love-if-you-are-seeking-the-highest-good-i-think/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/martin-luther-king-jr-127_beautiful_i-have-decided-to-love-if-you-are-seekin_663616.png) > [I have DECIDED to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. GOD is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-have-decided-to-love-if-you-are-seeking-the-highest-good-i-think-2/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/martin-luther-king-jr-127_decided_i-have-decided-to-love-if-you-are-seekin_1000423.png) > [If you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl, but keep moving forward!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/if-you-can-t-run-walk-if-you-can-t-walk-crawl-but-keep-moving-forward/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/martin-luther-king-jr-127_business-inspiration_if-you-can-t-run-walk-if-you-can-t-walk_1611476.png) > [And I say to you, I have decided to stick with love, for I know that love is ultimately the only answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/and-i-say-to-you-i-have-decided-to-stick-with-love-for-i-know-that/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/martin-luther-king-jr-127_answers_and-i-say-to-you-i-have-decided-to-stick_1995015.png) > [I've decided to stick with love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-ve-decided-to-stick-with-love/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/martin-luther-king-jr-127_decided_i-ve-decided-to-stick-with-love-3088994_3088994.png) > [We decided to set our direct-action program around the Easter season, realizing that, with exception of Christmas, this was the largest shopping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-decided-to-set-our-direct-action-program-around-the-easter-season/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f79/martin-luther-king-jr-127_action_we-decided-to-set-our-direct-action-prog_3119218.png) ## Other authors on Decided ## More by Martin Luther King, Jr > [The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-strong-man-holds-in-a-living-blend-strongly-marked-opposites/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/our-nation-was-born-in-genocide-when-it-embraced-the-doctrine-that/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [Somewhere somebody must have some sense. Men must see that force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/somewhere-somebody-must-have-some-sense-men-must-see-that-force/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/every-genuine-expression-of-love-grows-out-of-a-consistent-and-total/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-must-remember-that-intelligence-is-not-enough-intelligence-plus/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [I’ve been to the Mountaintop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-ve-been-to-the-mountaintop/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [The supreme task is to organize and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-supreme-task-is-to-organize-and-unite-people-so-that-their-anger/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-great-issue-of-life-is-to-harness-the-drum-major-instinct/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/somebody-must-have-sense-enough-and-morality-enough-to-cut-off-the/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/darkness-is-only-driven-out-with-light-not-more-darkness/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [What seems so necessary today may not even be desirable tomorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/what-seems-so-necessary-today-may-not-even-be-desirable-tomorrow/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-negro-cannot-win-the-respect-of-his-oppressor-by-acquiescing-he/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [The majority of the Negroes who took part in the year-long boycott of Montgomery's buses were poor and untutored; but they understood the essence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-majority-of-the-negroes-who-took-part-in-the-year-long-boycott-of/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [Whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/whenever-you-are-engaged-in-work-that-serves-humanity-and-is-for-the/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-have-a-dream-that-one-day-even-the-state-of-mississippi-a-desert/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decided/martin-luther-king-jr/#itemlist", "name": "8 Decided Quotes By Martin Luther King, Jr", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was much more afraid in Montgomery when I had a gun in my house. When I decided that I couldn’t keep a gun, I came face-to-face with the question of death and I dealt with it. From that point on, I no longer needed a gun nor have I been afraid. Had we become distracted by the question of my safety we would have lost the moral offensive and sunk to the level of our oppressors.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther King, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-was-much-more-afraid-in-montgomery-when-i-had-a-gun-in-my-house/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/martin-luther-king-jr-127_afraid_i-was-much-more-afraid-in-montgomery-whe_266278.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/martin-luther-king-jr-127_afraid_i-was-much-more-afraid-in-montgomery-whe_266278.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/martin-luther-king-jr-127_afraid_i-was-much-more-afraid-in-montgomery-whe_266278.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was much more afraid in Montgomery when I had a gun in my house. When I decided that I couldn’t keep a…” — Martin Luther King, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We were not unmindful of the difficulties involved. So we decided to go through a process of self-purification.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther King, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-were-not-unmindful-of-the-difficulties-involved-so-we-decided-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/martin-luther-king-jr-127_decided_we-were-not-unmindful-of-the-difficultie_482434.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/martin-luther-king-jr-127_decided_we-were-not-unmindful-of-the-difficultie_482434.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/martin-luther-king-jr-127_decided_we-were-not-unmindful-of-the-difficultie_482434.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We were not unmindful of the difficulties involved. So we decided to go through a process of…” — Martin Luther King, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have decided to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. And the beautiful thing is that we are moving against wrong when we do it, because John was right, God is love. He who hates does not know God, but he who has love has the key that unlocks the door to the meaning of ultimate reality.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther King, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-have-decided-to-love-if-you-are-seeking-the-highest-good-i-think/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/martin-luther-king-jr-127_beautiful_i-have-decided-to-love-if-you-are-seekin_663616.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/martin-luther-king-jr-127_beautiful_i-have-decided-to-love-if-you-are-seekin_663616.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/martin-luther-king-jr-127_beautiful_i-have-decided-to-love-if-you-are-seekin_663616.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have decided to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. And the…” — Martin Luther King, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have DECIDED to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. GOD is love.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther King, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-have-decided-to-love-if-you-are-seeking-the-highest-good-i-think-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/martin-luther-king-jr-127_decided_i-have-decided-to-love-if-you-are-seekin_1000423.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/martin-luther-king-jr-127_decided_i-have-decided-to-love-if-you-are-seekin_1000423.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/martin-luther-king-jr-127_decided_i-have-decided-to-love-if-you-are-seekin_1000423.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have DECIDED to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. GOD is…” — Martin Luther King, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl, but keep moving forward!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther King, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/if-you-can-t-run-walk-if-you-can-t-walk-crawl-but-keep-moving-forward/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/martin-luther-king-jr-127_business-inspiration_if-you-can-t-run-walk-if-you-can-t-walk_1611476.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/martin-luther-king-jr-127_business-inspiration_if-you-can-t-run-walk-if-you-can-t-walk_1611476.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/martin-luther-king-jr-127_business-inspiration_if-you-can-t-run-walk-if-you-can-t-walk_1611476.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl, but keep moving forward!” — Martin Luther King, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And I say to you, I have decided to stick with love, for I know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems. And I'm going to talk about it everywhere I go. For I have seen too much hate... every time I see it, I know that it does something to their faces and their personalities, and I say to myself that hate is too great a burden to bear. I have decided to love.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther King, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/and-i-say-to-you-i-have-decided-to-stick-with-love-for-i-know-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/martin-luther-king-jr-127_answers_and-i-say-to-you-i-have-decided-to-stick_1995015.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/martin-luther-king-jr-127_answers_and-i-say-to-you-i-have-decided-to-stick_1995015.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/martin-luther-king-jr-127_answers_and-i-say-to-you-i-have-decided-to-stick_1995015.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And I say to you, I have decided to stick with love, for I know that love is ultimately the only answer to…” — Martin Luther King, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've decided to stick with love.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther King, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-ve-decided-to-stick-with-love/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/martin-luther-king-jr-127_decided_i-ve-decided-to-stick-with-love-3088994_3088994.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/martin-luther-king-jr-127_decided_i-ve-decided-to-stick-with-love-3088994_3088994.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/martin-luther-king-jr-127_decided_i-ve-decided-to-stick-with-love-3088994_3088994.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've decided to stick with love.” — Martin Luther King, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We decided to set our direct-action program around the Easter season, realizing that, with exception of Christmas, this was the largest shopping period of the year. Knowing that a strong economic withdrawal program would be the by-product of direct action.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther King, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-decided-to-set-our-direct-action-program-around-the-easter-season/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f79/martin-luther-king-jr-127_action_we-decided-to-set-our-direct-action-prog_3119218.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f79/martin-luther-king-jr-127_action_we-decided-to-set-our-direct-action-prog_3119218.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f79/martin-luther-king-jr-127_action_we-decided-to-set-our-direct-action-prog_3119218.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We decided to set our direct-action program around the Easter season, realizing that, with exception of…” — Martin Luther King, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decided/martin-luther-king-jr/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decided/martin-luther-king-jr/", "name": "Decided Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decided/martin-luther-king-jr/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/martin-luther-king-jr-127_afraid_i-was-much-more-afraid-in-montgomery-whe_266278.jpg" }, "description": "8 Decided quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. Plus more from Martin Luther King, Jr and more Decided sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decided/martin-luther-king-jr/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decided/martin-luther-king-jr/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Decided", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decided/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Martin Luther King, Jr", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decided/martin-luther-king-jr/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```