Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.
I think that we must face the fact that in reality, you cannot have economic and political equality without having some form of social equality. I think this is inevitable.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
I have a dream, one dream, keep dreaming. Dream of freedom, justice dreaming, dreaming of equality and hopefully no longer required to dream them
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We all came in on different ships, but we're all in the same boat now
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must move forward in the days ahead with audacious faith. The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it. Cowardice represses fear and is thereby mastered by it.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Our problem is not to be rid of fear but rather to harness and master it.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Your life begins to end the moment you start being silent about the things that matter.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life's most persistent and urgent question is: "What are you doing for others?" Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?
— Martin Luther King, Jr.