---
title: "4 Doom Quotes By Martin Luther King, Jr"
description: "4 Doom quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. Plus more from Martin Luther King, Jr and more Doom sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/466/martin-luther-king-jr-127_crisis_every-crisis-has-both-its-dangers-and-it_663302.png"
---

> [Every crisis has both its dangers and its opportunities. Each can spell either salvation or doom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/every-crisis-has-both-its-dangers-and-its-opportunities-each-can/)

[Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/466/martin-luther-king-jr-127_crisis_every-crisis-has-both-its-dangers-and-it_663302.png)

> [This hour in history needs a dedicated circle of transformed nonconformists. Our planet teeters on the brink of annihilation; dangerous passions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/this-hour-in-history-needs-a-dedicated-circle-of-transformed/)

[Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b92/martin-luther-king-jr-127_adjustment_this-hour-in-history-needs-a-dedicated-c_801162.png)

> [The saving of our world from pending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-saving-of-our-world-from-pending-doom-will-come-not-through-the/)

[Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b66/martin-luther-king-jr-127_complacent_the-saving-of-our-world-from-pending-doo_1365825.png)

> [A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/a-nation-that-continues-year-after-year-to-spend-more-money-on-2/)

[Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/martin-luther-king-jr-127_defense_a-nation-that-continues-year-after-year_3158267.png)

## Other authors on Doom

- [MF Doom 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doom/mf-doom/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-jrr-tolkien-53849.jpg) J.R.R. Tolkien 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doom/j-r-r-tolkien/)
- [Lailah Gifty Akita 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doom/lailah-gifty-akita/)

## 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/doom/martin-luther-king-jr/#itemlist",
            "name": "4 Doom Quotes By Martin Luther King, Jr",
            "numberOfItems": 4,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Every crisis has both its dangers and its opportunities. Each can spell either salvation or doom.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Martin Luther King, Jr"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/every-crisis-has-both-its-dangers-and-its-opportunities-each-can/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/466/martin-luther-king-jr-127_crisis_every-crisis-has-both-its-dangers-and-it_663302.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/466/martin-luther-king-jr-127_crisis_every-crisis-has-both-its-dangers-and-it_663302.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/466/martin-luther-king-jr-127_crisis_every-crisis-has-both-its-dangers-and-it_663302.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Every crisis has both its dangers and its opportunities. Each can spell either salvation or doom.” — Martin Luther King, Jr",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "This hour in history needs a dedicated circle of transformed nonconformists. Our planet teeters on the brink of annihilation; dangerous passions of pride, hatred, and selfishness are enthroned in our lives; and men do reverence before false gods of nationalism and materialism. The saving of our world from pending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Martin Luther King, Jr"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/this-hour-in-history-needs-a-dedicated-circle-of-transformed/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b92/martin-luther-king-jr-127_adjustment_this-hour-in-history-needs-a-dedicated-c_801162.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b92/martin-luther-king-jr-127_adjustment_this-hour-in-history-needs-a-dedicated-c_801162.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b92/martin-luther-king-jr-127_adjustment_this-hour-in-history-needs-a-dedicated-c_801162.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“This hour in history needs a dedicated circle of transformed nonconformists. Our planet teeters on the brink…” — Martin Luther King, Jr",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The saving of our world from pending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Martin Luther King, Jr"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-saving-of-our-world-from-pending-doom-will-come-not-through-the/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b66/martin-luther-king-jr-127_complacent_the-saving-of-our-world-from-pending-doo_1365825.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b66/martin-luther-king-jr-127_complacent_the-saving-of-our-world-from-pending-doo_1365825.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b66/martin-luther-king-jr-127_complacent_the-saving-of-our-world-from-pending-doo_1365825.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The saving of our world from pending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming…” — Martin Luther King, Jr",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Martin Luther King, Jr"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/a-nation-that-continues-year-after-year-to-spend-more-money-on-2/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/martin-luther-king-jr-127_defense_a-nation-that-continues-year-after-year_3158267.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/martin-luther-king-jr-127_defense_a-nation-that-continues-year-after-year_3158267.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/martin-luther-king-jr-127_defense_a-nation-that-continues-year-after-year_3158267.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social…” — Martin Luther King, Jr",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doom/martin-luther-king-jr/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doom/martin-luther-king-jr/",
            "name": "Doom Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doom/martin-luther-king-jr/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/466/martin-luther-king-jr-127_crisis_every-crisis-has-both-its-dangers-and-it_663302.png"
            },
            "description": "4 Doom quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. Plus more from Martin Luther King, Jr and more Doom sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doom/martin-luther-king-jr/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doom/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": "Doom",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doom/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Martin Luther King, Jr",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doom/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
            }
        }
    ]
}
```