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title: "Best Life Sayings by Martin Luther King, Jr"
description: "137 Life quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. Plus more from Martin Luther King, Jr and more Life sayings from other authors."
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> [I guess one of the great agonies of life is that we are constantly trying to finish that which is unfinishable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-guess-one-of-the-great-agonies-of-life-is-that-we-are-constantly/)

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> [Nothing is so much needed as a secure family life for a people seeking to rise out of poverty and backwardness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/nothing-is-so-much-needed-as-a-secure-family-life-for-a-people/)

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> [Oh, the worst of all tragedies is not to die young, but to live until I am seventy five and yet not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/oh-the-worst-of-all-tragedies-is-not-to-die-young-but-to-live-until-i/)

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> [The end of life is not to be happy, nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain, but to do the will of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-end-of-life-is-not-to-be-happy-nor-to-achieve-pleasure-and-avoid/)

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> [There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/there-is-nothing-more-tragic-than-to-find-an-individual-bogged-down/)

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> [I have a dream! To be free at last! Free at last! Free at last. And if a man has nothing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-have-a-dream-to-be-free-at-last-free-at-last-free-at-last-and-if-a/)

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> [The softminded person always wants to freeze the moment and hold life in the gripping yoke of sameness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-softminded-person-always-wants-to-freeze-the-moment-and-hold-life/)

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> [ \[E\]very human life is a reflection of divinity, and... every act of injustice mars and defaces the image of God in man. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/e-very-human-life-is-a-reflection-of-divinity-and-every-act-of/)

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> [If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets as Raphael painted pictures, sweep streets as Michelangelo carved marble,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/if-it-falls-your-lot-to-be-a-street-sweeper-sweep-streets-as-raphael/)

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> [If I can help somebody as I pass along, if I can cheer somebody with a word or song, if I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/if-i-can-help-somebody-as-i-pass-along-if-i-can-cheer-somebody-with-a/)

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> [Mankind's survival is dependent on man's ability to solve the problems of racial injustice, poverty, and war; the solution of these problems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/mankind-s-survival-is-dependent-on-man-s-ability-to-solve-the/)

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> [Hatred and bitterness can never cure the disease of fear; only love can do that. Hatred paralyzes life; love harmonies it. Hatred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/hatred-and-bitterness-can-never-cure-the-disease-of-fear-only-love-2/)

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> [If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/if-a-man-is-called-to-be-a-street-sweeper-he-should-sweep-streets-3/)

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> [Love is creative, understanding goodwill for all men. It is the refusal to defeat any individual. When you rise to the level…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/love-is-creative-understanding-goodwill-for-all-men-it-is-the-refusal/)

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> [The spirit of Lincoln still lives; that spirit born of the teachings of the Nazarene, who promised mercy to the merciful, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-spirit-of-lincoln-still-lives-that-spirit-born-of-the-teachings/)

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> [I still believe that standing up for the truth of God is the greatest thing in the world. This is the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-still-believe-that-standing-up-for-the-truth-of-god-is-the-greatest/)

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> [Jesus reminds us that the good life combines the toughness of the serpent and the tenderness of the dove. To have serpent-like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/jesus-reminds-us-that-the-good-life-combines-the-toughness-of-the/)

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> [But there is another way. And that is to organize mass non-violent resistance based on the principle of love. It seems to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/but-there-is-another-way-and-that-is-to-organize-mass-non-violent/)

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> [No man (sic) has learned to live until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/no-man-sic-has-learned-to-live-until-he-can-rise-above-the-narrow/)

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> [We have moved into an era where we are called upon to raise certain basic questions about the whole society. We are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-have-moved-into-an-era-where-we-are-called-upon-to-raise-certain/)

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> [We will never have peace in the world until men everywhere recognize that ends are not cut off from means, because the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-will-never-have-peace-in-the-world-until-men-everywhere-recognize/)

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> [Every now and then I think about my own death, and I think about my own funeral. ... Every now and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/every-now-and-then-i-think-about-my-own-death-and-i-think-about-my/)

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> [Agape is something of the understanding, creative, redemptive goodwill for all men. It is a love that seeks nothing in return. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/agape-is-something-of-the-understanding-creative-redemptive-goodwill/)

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> [Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/communism-forgets-that-life-is-individual-capitalism-forgets-that-2/)

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> [I choose to give my life for those who have been left out of the sunlight of opportunity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-choose-to-give-my-life-for-those-who-have-been-left-out-of-the/)

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> [Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/communism-forgets-that-life-is-individual-capitalism-forgets-that/)

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> [We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent co-annihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance to choose between chaos…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-still-have-a-choice-today-nonviolent-coexistence-or-violent-co-2/)

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> [I am indebted to my wife Coretta, without whose love, sacrifices, and loyalty neither life nor work would bring fulfillment. She has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-am-indebted-to-my-wife-coretta-without-whose-love-sacrifices-and/)

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> [Agape means recognition of the fact that all life is interrelated. All humanity is involved in a single process, and all men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/agape-means-recognition-of-the-fact-that-all-life-is-interrelated-all/)

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> [As a young man with most of my life ahead of me, I decided early to give my life to something eternal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/as-a-young-man-with-most-of-my-life-ahead-of-me-i-decided-early-to/)

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> [Life's piano can only produce melodies of brotherhood (and sisterhood) when it is recognized that the black keys are as basic, necessary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/life-s-piano-can-only-produce-melodies-of-brotherhood-and-sisterhood/)

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> [And when you discover what you will be in your life, set out to do it as if God Almighty called you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/and-when-you-discover-what-you-will-be-in-your-life-set-out-to-do-it-2/)

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> [Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties, and if you think for a moment, you will realize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/jazz-speaks-for-life-the-blues-tell-the-story-of-life-s-difficulties/)

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> [The existence of poverty in the US should not be accepted as a necessary evil or insoluble problem, but should be considered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-existence-of-poverty-in-the-us-should-not-be-accepted-as-a/)

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> [I must face the fact, as all others in positions of leadership must do, that America today is an extremely sick nation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-must-face-the-fact-as-all-others-in-positions-of-leadership-must-do/)

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> [The major problem of life is learning how to handle the costly interruptions. The door that slams shut, the plan that got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-major-problem-of-life-is-learning-how-to-handle-the-costly/)

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> [Now let me say that the next thing we must be concerned about if we are to have peace on earth and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/now-let-me-say-that-the-next-thing-we-must-be-concerned-about-if-we/)

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> [Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/property-is-intended-to-serve-life-and-no-matter-how-much-we-surround/)

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> [Hate destroys the very structure of the personality of the hater… when you start hating anybody, it destroys the very center of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/hate-destroys-the-very-structure-of-the-personality-of-the-hater-when/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-won-t-have-any-money-to-leave-behind-i-won-t-have-the-fine-and/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/somebody-must-have-sense-enough-and-morality-enough-to-cut-off-the/)

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> [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/)

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