Determination Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr

11 Determination quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr

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MLK’s eleven succinct lines capture the fire of a leader who never wavered, offering a compact source of inspiration for anyone fighting for a cause.

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If you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl, but keep moving forward!

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When people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping…

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We aren't engaged in any negative protest and in any negative arguments with anybody. We are saying that we are determined to…

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I won't have any money to leave behind. I won't have the fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind. But…

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We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity,…

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Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in…

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The nonviolent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of…

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I think that my strong determination for justice comes from the very strong, dynamic personality of my father ... I have rarely…

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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at…

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I am convinced that it is one of the most unjust wars that has ever been fought in the history of the…

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Many of the ugly pages of American history have been obscured and forgotten…America owes a debt of justice which it has only…

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The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct.

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Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe. And…

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Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness.

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What seems so necessary today may not even be desirable tomorrow.

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The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt.

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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…

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Whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth,

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I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will…

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