Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and… — 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
The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, political and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I still believe that standing up for the truth of God is the greatest thing in the world. This is the end… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
the universe is under the control of a loving purpose, and that in the struggle for righteousness man has cosmic companionship (angels).… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I question and soul-search constantly into myself to be as certain as I can that I am fulfilling the true meaning of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and that when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as 'right-to-work.' It provides no… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Somehow we must transform the dynamics of the world power struggle from the negative nuclear arms race which no one can win… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose... one of the great problems of history is that the concepts… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
My friends, all I'm trying to say is that if we are to go forward today, we've got to go back and… — 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 perhaps the only nation which tried as a matter of national policy to wipe out its indigenous population. Moreover, we elevated that tragic experience into a noble crusade. Indeed, even today we have not permitted ourselves… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
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 power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate. The broad education will, therefore, transmit to one not only the accumulated knowledge of the race but also the accumulated experience of social living. If we… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
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