Quotes about Progress
Time itself is neutral; it can be used either destructively or constructively
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
No revolution is executed like a ballet. Its steps and gestures are not neatly designed and precisely performed.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you can't fly then run. If you can't run, then walk. And, if you can't walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
No problem is solved when we idly wait for God to undertake full responsibility.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
To attempt radical reform without adequate organization is like trying to sail a boat without a rudder.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you can't fly, then run. If you can't run, then walk. If you can't, then crawl. But by all means, keep moving
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
TODAY I WANT TO TELL THE CITY OF SELMA, TODAY I WANT TO SAY TO THE STATE OF ALABAMA, TODAY I WANT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA AND THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, THAT WE ARE NOT ABOUT TO TURN AROUND.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people. We must come to see that human progress never rolls in on wheels of inevitability. It comes through the tireless efforts and persistent work of men willing to be coworkers with God, and without this hard work time itself becomes an ally of the forces of social stagnation.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today's despair is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow's justice.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
we will make progress if we freely admit that we have no magic.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
All of this tells us that the white backlash is nothing new. White America has been backlashing on the fundamental God-given and human rights of Negro Americans for more than three hundred years. With all of her dazzling achievements and stupendous material strides, America has maintained its strange ambivalence on the question of racial justice.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.