Martin Luther King Jr. Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Martin Luther King Jr. quotes, Martin Luther King Jr. sayings, and Martin Luther King Jr. proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see. Martin Luther King Jr.
With the tough mind, there must also be a tender heart. Martin Luther King Jr.
There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love. Martin Luther King Jr.
Jesus Christ was an extremist for love, truth and goodness. Martin Luther King Jr.
If you can't fly, then run. If you can't run, then walk. If you can't walk, then crawl. but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward. Martin Luther King Jr.
Jesus Christ was an extremist for love, truth and goodness. Martin Luther King Jr.
Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Martin Luther King Jr.
The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no morals Martin Luther King Jr.
We in the West must bear in mind that the poor countries are poor primarily because we have exploited them through political or economic colonialism. Martin Luther King Jr.
We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back. Martin Luther King Jr.
Mass civil disobedience can use rage as a constructive and creative force. Martin Luther King Jr.
The time is always right to do what is right. Martin Luther King Jr.
We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools. Martin Luther King Jr.
For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. Martin Luther King Jr.
A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. Martin Luther King Jr.
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. Martin Luther King Jr.
Oh, the worst of all tragedies is not to die young, but to live until I am seventy-five and yet not ever truly to have lived. Martin Luther King Jr.
There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life's July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November. Martin Luther King Jr.
If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward. Martin Luther King Jr.
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom. Martin Luther King Jr.
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Martin Luther King Jr.
If you can't fly, then run, If you can't run, then walk, If you can't walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward. Martin Luther King Jr.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King Jr.
Oh, the worst of all tragedies is not to die young, but to live until I am seventy-five and yet not ever truly to have lived. Martin Luther King Jr.
Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness. Martin Luther King Jr.
If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward. Martin Luther King Jr.
If you can’t fly, then run, If you can’t run, then walk, If you can’t walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward. Martin Luther King Jr.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King Jr.
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom. Martin Luther King Jr.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King Jr.