--- title: "Best Bernice King Sayings" description: "Bernice Albertine King is an American lawyer, minister, and the youngest child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Ju..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b051/author-bernice-king-7450.png" --- ![Portrait of Bernice King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b051/author-bernice-king-7450.png) # Bernice King (1963) Lawyer **91** quotes in **325** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Bernice King is a lawyer, best known for *Life Is...*. ## Quick Facts About Bernice King Born March 28, 1963 Profession Lawyer Notable works Life Is... ## About Bernice King Bernice Albertine King is an American lawyer, minister, and the youngest child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Just one week after her fifth birthday, her father was assassinated. In her adolescence, King chose to work towards becoming a minister after having a breakdown from watching a documentary about her father. King was 17 when she was invited to speak at the United Nations (UN). Twenty years after her father was assassinated, she preached her trial sermon, inspired by her parents' activism. ## Quotes by Bernice King · Page 3 > [I didn't have a father to deal with about boyfriends. I didn't have a father to show me how a man and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-king/i-didn-t-have-a-father-to-deal-with-about-boyfriends-i-didn-t-have-a/) [Bernice King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-king/) [Family](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/family/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ceb/bernice-king-7450_family_i-didn-t-have-a-father-to-deal-with-abou_1114459.jpg) > [Police departments across the nation must develop nonviolent 'rules of engagement,' so that they don't reflexively respond to suspected crimes with violence.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-king/police-departments-across-the-nation-must-develop-nonviolent-rules-of/) [Bernice King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-king/) [Conflict](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conflict/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1a/bernice-king-7450_conflict_police-departments-across-the-nation-mus_1712419.png) > [How do we navigate and process painful biases and conflicting emotions and press on to be sacrificial and suffer in the struggle?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-king/how-do-we-navigate-and-process-painful-biases-and-conflicting/) [Bernice King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-king/) [Conflicting emotions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conflicting-emotions/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f26/bernice-king-7450_conflicting-emotions_how-do-we-navigate-and-process-painful-b_2263376.jpg) > [You will encounter misguided people from time to time. That's part of life. The challenge is to educate them when you can,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-king/you-will-encounter-misguided-people-from-time-to-time-that-s-part-of/) [Bernice King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-king/) [Art of life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art-of-life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/bernice-king-7450_art-of-life_you-will-encounter-misguided-people-from_586268.png) > [Every time I go to these racial forums, it is people who are alike, or it is progressives and liberals. So I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-king/every-time-i-go-to-these-racial-forums-it-is-people-who-are-alike-or/) [Bernice King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-king/) [Alike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alike/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/993/bernice-king-7450_alike_every-time-i-go-to-these-racial-forums-i_357221.jpg) > [With continued prayer and an equally-determined commitment to action for needed anti-violence reforms, let us resolve to work toward a new era…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-king/with-continued-prayer-and-an-equally-determined-commitment-to-action/) [Bernice King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-king/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f8/bernice-king-7450_action_with-continued-prayer-and-an-equally-det_223395.jpg) > [In addition to needed gun control reforms, America urgently needs a stronger protest movement dedicated to reducing the glorification of violence in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-king/in-addition-to-needed-gun-control-reforms-america-urgently-needs-a/) [Bernice King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-king/) [Culture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culture/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/bernice-king-7450_culture_in-addition-to-needed-gun-control-reform_1771029.png) > [It is incumbent on the media industry to discourage the glorification of media violence. It is also incumbent on consumers who love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-king/it-is-incumbent-on-the-media-industry-to-discourage-the-glorification/) [Bernice King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-king/) [Effort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/effort/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/174/bernice-king-7450_effort_it-is-incumbent-on-the-media-industry-to_937316.png) > [My first introduction to South Africa's struggle for freedom came when I was just 17. I had volunteered to speak in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-king/my-first-introduction-to-south-africa-s-struggle-for-freedom-came/) [Bernice King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-king/) [Freedom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13e/bernice-king-7450_freedom_my-first-introduction-to-south-africa-s_1614417.png) > [Seek out your brothers and sisters of other cultures and join together in building alliances to put an end to all forms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-king/seek-out-your-brothers-and-sisters-of-other-cultures-and-join/) [Bernice King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-king/) [Brothers and sisters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brothers-and-sisters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/bernice-king-7450_brothers-and-sisters_seek-out-your-brothers-and-sisters-of-ot_314955.png) > [I wouldn't say I'm against same-sex marriage. I believe in freedom and equality for all people. I believe that when it comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-king/i-wouldn-t-say-i-m-against-same-sex-marriage-i-believe-in-freedom-and/) [Bernice King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-king/) [Equality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/equality/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/bernice-king-7450_equality_i-wouldn-t-say-i-m-against-same-sex-marr_1662481.png) ## Bernice King by topic [Parenting (26)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parenting/bernice-king/) [Father (17)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father/bernice-king/) [Mother (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mother/bernice-king/) [Life (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/bernice-king/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-king/#itemlist", "name": "Bernice King Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I didn't have a father to deal with about boyfriends. 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