We must move forward in the days ahead with audacious faith. The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward the goal of political independence, and we still creep at… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The conservatives who say, "Let us not move so fast," and the extremists who say, "Let us go out and whip the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Too often an institution serves to bless the majority opinion. Today when too many move to the rhythmic beat of the status… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We've been in the mountain of war. We've been in the mountain of violence. We've been in the mountain of hatred long… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It is our experience that the nation doesn't move around questions of genuine equality for the poor and for black people until… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I have decided to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. And the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
If we get setbacks and if something happens where the Civil Rights Bill is watered down, for instance, if the Negro feels… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude. That which I was not but could have been. That which… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
If you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl, but keep moving forward! — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We must move past indecision to action. We must find new ways to speak for peace in Vietnam and for justice throughout… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The words 'bad timing' came to be ghosts haunting our every move in Birmingham. Yet people who used this argument were ignorant… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I was in the kitchen drinking coffee when I heard Coretta cry, "Martin, Martin, come quickly!" I put down my cup and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
A time comes when silence is betrayal. Even when pressed by the demands of inner truth, men do not easily assume the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
If you want to move people, it has to be toward a vision that's positive for them, that taps important values, that… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Never succumb to the temptation of becoming bitter. As you press for justice, be sure to move with dignity and discipline, using… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
But there is another way. And that is to organize mass non-violent resistance based on the principle of love. It seems to… — 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
