Way Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr

Violence is not the way.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The best way to solve any problem is to remove its cause.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Another way that you love your enemy is this: When the opportunity presents itself for you to defeat your enemy, that is…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

And before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you've depended on more than half of the world. This is the way…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We must have the faith that things will work out somehow, that God will make a way for us when there seems…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Sooner or later, all the peoples of the world will have to discover a way to live together in peace, and thereby…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We have a great dream. It started way back in 1776, and God grant that America will be true to her dream.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Nonviolent action, the Negro saw, was the way to supplement, not replace, the progress of change. It was the way to divest…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

A second way that oppressed people sometimes deal with oppression is to resort to physical violence and corroding hatred.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

There is no easy way to create a world where men and women can live together... But if such a world is…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience, and…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We must discover the power of love, the power, the redemptive power of love. And when we discover that we will be…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

In our society it is murder, psychologically, to deprive a man of a job or an income. You are in substance saying…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I choose to identify with the underprivileged, I choose to give my life for the hungry, I choose to give my life…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Many people in Harlem never go out of Harlem. I mean they'd never even been downtown. And you can see how this…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The way of acquiescence leads to moral and spiritual suicide. The way of violence leads to bitterness in the survivors and brutality…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Love is understanding, redemptive goodwill for all men, so that you love everybody, because God loves them. You refuse to do anything…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

When our days become dreary with low hovering clouds of despair, and when our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, let…

— 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

As long as there is poverty in the world I can never be rich, even if I have a billion dollars. As…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

...love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. Just keep being friendly to…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Somebody must have sense enough to meet hate with love. Somebody must have sense enough to meet physical force with soul force.…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I feel that non-violence is really the only way that we can follow because violence is just so self-defeating. A riot ends…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

There may come a time when it will be possible for you to humiliate your worst enemy or even to defeat him,…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Nonviolence is absolute commitment to the way of love. Love is not emotional bash; it is not empty sentimentalism. It is the…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We must be concerned not merely about who murdered them, but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

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

I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the way our…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

Make your way to death row and speak with the tragic victims of criminality. As they prepare to make their pathetic walk…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

...we must realize that a vast majority of believers are still searching and will continue to search for the being who is…

— Martin Luther King, Jr