--- title: "7 Late Quotes By Martin Luther King, Jr" description: "7 Late quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. Plus more from Martin Luther King, Jr and more Late sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a85/martin-luther-king-jr-127_affair_the-tide-in-the-affairs-of-men-does-not_1016699.png" --- > [The 'tide in the affairs of men' does not remain at the flood; it ebbs. We may cry out desperately for time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-tide-in-the-affairs-of-men-does-not-remain-at-the-flood-it-ebbs/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a85/martin-luther-king-jr-127_affair_the-tide-in-the-affairs-of-men-does-not_1016699.png) > [We are faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Over the bleached…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-are-faced-with-the-fact-my-friends-that-tomorrow-is-today/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a8/martin-luther-king-jr-127_bones_we-are-faced-with-the-fact-my-friends-th_1106542.jpg) > [We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-are-now-faced-with-the-fact-that-tomorrow-is-today-we-are/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/martin-luther-king-jr-127_action_we-are-now-faced-with-the-fact-that-tomo_1486456.jpg) > [We come humbly to say to the men in the forefront of our government that the civil rights issue is not an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-come-humbly-to-say-to-the-men-in-the-forefront-of-our-government/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/martin-luther-king-jr-127_civil-rights_we-come-humbly-to-say-to-the-men-in-the_1966700.jpg) > [We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-are-now-faced-with-the-fact-my-friends-that-tomorrow-is-today-we-3/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a15/martin-luther-king-jr-127_beautiful_we-are-now-faced-with-the-fact-my-friend_2240609.jpg) > [There is such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/there-is-such-a-thing-as-being-too-late-this-is-no-time-for-apathy-or/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/martin-luther-king-jr-127_action_there-is-such-a-thing-as-being-too-late_2347589.png) > [Before it is too late, we must narrow the gaping chasm between our proclomations of peace and our lowly deeds which precipitate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/before-it-is-too-late-we-must-narrow-the-gaping-chasm-between-our/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fc/martin-luther-king-jr-127_chasms_before-it-is-too-late-we-must-narrow-the_2850109.png) ## Other authors on Late ## 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/late/martin-luther-king-jr/#itemlist", "name": "7 Late Quotes By Martin Luther King, Jr", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The 'tide in the affairs of men' does not remain at the flood; it ebbs. 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