Martin Luther King Jr Quotes

You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Disappointment Hurt Responsible Silence
We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Boat Inspirational Ship Spiritual
One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Head Heart Hope Inspirational Learning
Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Forget Humour Inspirational Legal
We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Character Education Goals Intelligence Remember True
The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Democracy Freedom Government Greatness Silence World
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that’s pretty important.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Law Life Love Man True
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Alive Death Die Goals Inspirational
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Disappointment Ending Enemy Friendship Remember Silence
Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Action Attitude Constant Forgiveness Occasion One Liner
Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Faith Hustle Inspirational One Liner Stair Step
Violence is not only impractical but immoral.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Moral Non Violence Practical Violence
One of the great problems of mankind is that we suffer from a poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Abundance Man Poverty Problem Science Spirit Stand Suffering Technology
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Courage Face Fear Inspirational Master One Liner
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Bitter Cup Democracy Drinking Freedom Hatred Love Peace Satisfaction
True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Beggar Compassion Produce True
It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Inspirational Live Praise
No person has the right to rain on your dreams.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Insult Person Rain Right Underestimate
There comes a time when silence is betrayal.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Betrayal Disappointment Silence Time
Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Attitude Darkness Destruction Hate Healing Rude Violence
We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Action Air Bird Brother Earth Fish Flow Learning Sea Simplicity Walk
Find a voice in a whisper.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Advice Finding Life One Liner Voice Whisper
Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Bad Goodness People Silence
If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Confidence Inspirational Intelligence Success
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

Challenge Comfortable Controversy Convenience Man Measure Moments Stand
It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Cheer God Heart Laugh Laughter Rejoice
There is no gain without struggle.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Deep Gain Hustle One Liner Struggle

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