Martin Luther King, Jr.

Quotes from Dr. 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.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.