The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Perhaps the worst sin in life is knowing right and not doing it. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Life isn't worth living until you have found something worth dying for. — 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 Copy Share Image
Your self-sacrificin g devotion to your purpose in life and your unwavering faith will carry you through times of difficulty. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?' — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Peace is not simply the absence of conflict, but the existence of justice for all people. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
If a man hasn't found anything worth dying for, he hasn't anything worth living for. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Alienation is a form of living death. It is the acid of despair that dissolves society. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We must see the great distinction between a reform movement and a revolutionary movement. We are called upon to raise certain basic… — 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 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 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 Copy Share Image
Wisdom born of experience should tell us that war is obsolete. There may have been a time when war served as a… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
If I were constantly worried about death, I couldn't function. After a while, if your life is more or less constantly in… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Courageous men never lose the zest for living even though their life situation is zestless; cowardly men, overwhelmed by the uncertainties of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
All life is interrelated. The agony of the poor impoverishes the rich; the betterment of the poor enriches the rich. We are… — 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
The use of violence in our struggle would be both impractical and immoral. To meet hate with retaliatory hate would do nothing… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Being a Negro in America means trying to smile when you want to cry. It means trying to hold on to physical… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We can no longer afford to worship the God of hate or bow before the altar of retaliation. The oceans of history… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I choose to identify with the underprivileged, I choose to give my life for the hungry, I choose to give my life… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites. The idealists are not usually realistic, and the realists are not… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The potential beauty of human life is constantly made ugly by man's ever recurring song of retaliation. The oceans of history are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We've got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to the mountaintop. And I don't… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There may come a time when it will be possible for you to humiliate your worst enemy or even to defeat him,… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The major problem of life is learning how to handle the costly interruptions. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Somewhere somebody must have some sense. Men must see that force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The supreme task is to organize and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct. — Martin Luther King, Jr 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 universe. And… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
What seems so necessary today may not even be desirable tomorrow. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
![“There may come a time when it will be possible for you to humiliate your worst enemy or even to defeat him, but in order to love the enemy you must not do it... The Greek language has another word [for love]. It calls it agape. Agape is more than romantic love. Agape is more than friendship. Agape…” quote by Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2eb/martin-luther-king-jr-127_agape_there-may-come-a-time-when-it-will-be-po_2953320.jpg)
