Quotes of Martin Luther King Jr Back

Submit Biography of Martin Luther King Jr

“Courage faces fear and thereby masters it”

Martin Luther King Jr

“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”

Martin Luther King Jr

“...we are always on the verge of being mesmerized by uncertainty; but we must move on.”

Martin Luther King Jr

“Violent revolts are generated by revolting conditions and there is nothing more dangerous than to build a society with a large segment of people who feel they have no stake in it, who feel they have nothing to lose. To the young victim of the slums, this society has so limited the alternatives of his life that the expression of his manhood is reduced to the ability to defend himself physically.”

Martin Luther King Jr

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Martin Luther King Jr

“Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half-truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal, so must we see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will help men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood.”

Martin Luther King Jr

“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?”

Martin Luther King Jr

“There comes a time when people get tired of being trampled over by the iron feet of oppression.”

Martin Luther King Jr

“Whatever measure of influence I had as a result of the importance which the world attaches to the Nobel Peace Prize would have to be used to bring the philosophy of nonviolence to all the world’s people who grapple with the age-old problem of racial injustice.”

Martin Luther King Jr

“no labor is really menial unless you’re not getting adequate wages.”

Martin Luther King Jr

“One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”

Martin Luther King Jr

“But why is God so slow in conquering the forces of evil? Why does not God break in and smash the evil schemes of wicked men?...We are responsible human beings, not blind automatons; persons, not puppets. By endowing us with freedom, God relinquished a measure of his own sovereignty and imposed certain limitations upon himself. If his children are free, they must do his will by a voluntary choice. Therefore, God cannot at the same time impose his will upon his children and also maintain his purpose for man.”

Martin Luther King Jr

“On the one hand we are called to play the good Samaritan on life's roadside; but that will be only an initial act. One day we must come to see that the whole Jericho road must be transformed so that men and women will not be constantly beaten and robbed as they make their journey on life's highway. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. "A Time to Break Silence," at Riverside Church”

Martin Luther King Jr

“If you can't run then walk If you can't walk then crawl but whatever you do don't give up”

Martin Luther King Jr

“Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down." --From My Brother Martin, by Christine King Farris”

Martin Luther King Jr


Contact Us


Send us a mail and we will get in touch with you soon!

You can email us at: contact@fancyread.com
Fancyread Inc.