Respect Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr

Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of human dignity.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity

— 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…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Every man [human being] is an heir to a legacy of dignity and worth

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

In spite of its glowing talk about the welfare of the masses, Communism's methods and philosophy strip man of his dignity and…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The negro cannot win the respect of the white people of the south or the peoples of the world if he is…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I could never adjust to the separate waiting rooms, separate eating places, separate rest rooms, partly because the separate was always unequal,…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Personalism's insistence that only personality-finite and infinite-is ultimately real strengthened me in two convictions: it gave me metaphysical and philosophical grounding for…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

This will be the day when we shall bring into full realization the dream of American democracy -- a dream yet unfulfilled.…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

In struggling for human dignity the oppressed people of the world must not allow themselves to become bitter or indulge in hate…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

In our struggle against racial segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, I came to see at a very early stage that a synthesis of…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust ... is in reality expressing the highest respect for law…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their freedom and dignity.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Since being in India, I am more convinced than ever before that the method of nonviolent resistance is the most potent weapon…

— Martin Luther King, Jr