--- title: "23 Moving Quotes By Martin Luther King, Jr" description: "23 Moving quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. Plus more from Martin Luther King, Jr and more Moving sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/martin-luther-king-jr-127_forward_you-have-to-keep-moving-forward-1414246_1414246.png" --- > [You have to keep moving forward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/you-have-to-keep-moving-forward/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/martin-luther-king-jr-127_forward_you-have-to-keep-moving-forward-1414246_1414246.png) > [Whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/whatever-you-do-you-have-to-keep-moving-forward/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc3/martin-luther-king-jr-127_forward_whatever-you-do-you-have-to-keep-moving_2378540.png) > [But by all means, keep moving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/but-by-all-means-keep-moving/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/martin-luther-king-jr-127_inspirational_but-by-all-means-keep-moving-2942540_2942540.png) > [If you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl, but keep moving forward!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/if-you-can-t-run-walk-if-you-can-t-walk-crawl-but-keep-moving-forward/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/martin-luther-king-jr-127_business-inspiration_if-you-can-t-run-walk-if-you-can-t-walk_1611476.png) > [If you want to move people, it has to be toward a vision that's positive for them, that taps important values, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/if-you-want-to-move-people-it-has-to-be-toward-a-vision-that-s/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/774/martin-luther-king-jr-127_compelling_if-you-want-to-move-people-it-has-to-be_2751495.jpg) > [Too often an institution serves to bless the majority opinion. Today when too many move to the rhythmic beat of the status…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/too-often-an-institution-serves-to-bless-the-majority-opinion-today/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1e/martin-luther-king-jr-127_beats_too-often-an-institution-serves-to-bless_367524.png) > [We must move forward in the days ahead with audacious faith. The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-must-move-forward-in-the-days-ahead-with-audacious-faith-the-moral/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b2/martin-luther-king-jr-127_ahead_we-must-move-forward-in-the-days-ahead-w_166872.png) > [Never succumb to the temptation of becoming bitter. As you press for justice, be sure to move with dignity and discipline, using…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/never-succumb-to-the-temptation-of-becoming-bitter-as-you-press-for/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/martin-luther-king-jr-127_becoming_never-succumb-to-the-temptation-of-becom_2920739.jpg) > [If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/if-you-lose-hope-somehow-you-lose-the-vitality-that-keeps-moving-you/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8c/martin-luther-king-jr-127_courage_if-you-lose-hope-somehow-you-lose-the-vi_795781.png) > [It is our experience that the nation doesn't move around questions of genuine equality for the poor and for black people until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/it-is-our-experience-that-the-nation-doesn-t-move-around-questions-of/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/martin-luther-king-jr-127_action_it-is-our-experience-that-the-nation-doe_568534.png) > [A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/a-social-movement-that-only-moves-people-is-merely-a-revolt-a/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/martin-luther-king-jr-127_institutions_a-social-movement-that-only-moves-people_2283727.png) > [The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward the goal of political independence, and we still creep at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-nations-of-asia-and-africa-are-moving-with-jetlike-speed-toward/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b8/martin-luther-king-jr-127_africa_the-nations-of-asia-and-africa-are-movin_168615.png) > [I was in the kitchen drinking coffee when I heard Coretta cry, "Martin, Martin, come quickly!" I put down my cup and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-was-in-the-kitchen-drinking-coffee-when-i-heard-coretta-cry-martin/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f78/martin-luther-king-jr-127_bus_i-was-in-the-kitchen-drinking-coffee-whe_2098824.png) > [Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude. That which I was not but could have been. That which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/forgiveness-is-not-an-occasional-act-it-is-a-permanent-attitude-that/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff9/martin-luther-king-jr-127_attitude_forgiveness-is-not-an-occasional-act-it_1385866.png) > [We must move past indecision to action. We must find new ways to speak for peace in Vietnam and for justice throughout…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-must-move-past-indecision-to-action-we-must-find-new-ways-to-speak/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8e/martin-luther-king-jr-127_action_we-must-move-past-indecision-to-action-w_1732608.png) > [If we get setbacks and if something happens where the Civil Rights Bill is watered down, for instance, if the Negro feels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/if-we-get-setbacks-and-if-something-happens-where-the-civil-rights/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef9/martin-luther-king-jr-127_bills_if-we-get-setbacks-and-if-something-happ_949574.png) > [A time comes when silence is betrayal. Even when pressed by the demands of inner truth, men do not easily assume the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/a-time-comes-when-silence-is-betrayal-even-when-pressed-by-the/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54b/martin-luther-king-jr-127_apathy_a-time-comes-when-silence-is-betrayal-ev_2508053.jpg) > [The words 'bad timing' came to be ghosts haunting our every move in Birmingham. Yet people who used this argument were ignorant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-words-bad-timing-came-to-be-ghosts-haunting-our-every-move-in/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/martin-luther-king-jr-127_argument_the-words-bad-timing-came-to-be-ghosts-h_1870154.png) > [Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/let-us-rise-up-tonight-with-a-greater-readiness-let-us-stand-with-a/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e20/martin-luther-king-jr-127_america_let-us-rise-up-tonight-with-a-greater-re_2295614.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-ve-been-in-the-mountain-of-war-we-ve-been-in-the-mountain-of/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bed/martin-luther-king-jr-127_brotherhood_we-ve-been-in-the-mountain-of-war-we-ve_400614.jpg) > [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/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/martin-luther-king-jr-127_able_but-there-is-another-way-and-that-is-to_3085678.jpg) > [I have decided to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. And the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-have-decided-to-love-if-you-are-seeking-the-highest-good-i-think/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/martin-luther-king-jr-127_beautiful_i-have-decided-to-love-if-you-are-seekin_663616.png) > [The conservatives who say, "Let us not move so fast," and the extremists who say, "Let us go out and whip the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-conservatives-who-say-let-us-not-move-so-fast-and-the-extremists/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/martin-luther-king-jr-127_accomplish_the-conservatives-who-say-let-us-not-mov_264545.jpg) ## Other authors on Moving ## 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/moving/martin-luther-king-jr/#itemlist", "name": "23 Moving Quotes By Martin Luther King, Jr", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You have to keep moving forward", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther King, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/you-have-to-keep-moving-forward/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/martin-luther-king-jr-127_forward_you-have-to-keep-moving-forward-1414246_1414246.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/martin-luther-king-jr-127_forward_you-have-to-keep-moving-forward-1414246_1414246.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/martin-luther-king-jr-127_forward_you-have-to-keep-moving-forward-1414246_1414246.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You have to keep moving forward” — Martin Luther King, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther King, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/whatever-you-do-you-have-to-keep-moving-forward/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc3/martin-luther-king-jr-127_forward_whatever-you-do-you-have-to-keep-moving_2378540.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc3/martin-luther-king-jr-127_forward_whatever-you-do-you-have-to-keep-moving_2378540.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc3/martin-luther-king-jr-127_forward_whatever-you-do-you-have-to-keep-moving_2378540.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward!” — Martin Luther King, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But by all means, keep moving.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther King, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/but-by-all-means-keep-moving/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/martin-luther-king-jr-127_inspirational_but-by-all-means-keep-moving-2942540_2942540.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/martin-luther-king-jr-127_inspirational_but-by-all-means-keep-moving-2942540_2942540.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/martin-luther-king-jr-127_inspirational_but-by-all-means-keep-moving-2942540_2942540.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But by all means, keep moving.” — Martin Luther King, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you can’t run, walk; 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