Struggle Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr

There is no gain without struggle.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable . . .

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

By nonviolent resistance, the Negro can also enlist all men of good will in his struggle for equality.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the struggle for equal rights.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I am convinced that...in the struggle for righteousness man has cosmic companionship.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

In the struggle for human rights and justice, Negros will make a mistake if they become bitter and indulge in hate campaigns.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter - but beautiful - struggle for a new…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

What good does it do to sit at the counter when you cannot afford a hamburger?

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I'm grateful to God that, through the Negro church, the dimension of nonviolence entered our struggle.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

I think there can be a collective leadership. Maybe some symbolize the struggle [for human's rights] a little more than others, but…

— 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

If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

You are resisting, but you've come to see that tactically as well as morally, it is better to be nonviolent.If one would,…

— 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

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

The use of violence in our struggle would be both impractical and immoral. To meet hate with retaliatory hate would do nothing…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter, but beautiful, struggle for a new world. This…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

The intellectual and moral satisfaction that I failed to gain from the utilitarianism of Bentham and Mill, the revolutionary methods of Marx…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Resistance and nonviolence are not in themselves good. There is another element that must be present in our struggle that then makes…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I plan to stand by nonviolence, because I have found it to be a philosophy of life that regulates not only my…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We must work passionately and unrelentingly for the goal of freedom, but we must be sure that our hands are clean in…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

When our days become dreary with low-hovering clouds and our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, we will know that we…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

America must begin the struggle for democracy at home. The advocacy of free elections in Europe by American officials is hypocrisy when…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

In the current struggle, there is one positive course of action. There is no alternative, for the alternative would connote a rear…

— 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

Nonviolent resistance makes it possible for the Negro to remain in the South and struggle for his rights. The Negro's problem will…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I think if we, say, if all of the major leaders in this struggle [for human's rights] were at, at war with…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I do think there must be centralized leadership in the sense that, say, in our struggle all of the leaders coordinate their…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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