Although Martin Luther King Jr died before the age of 40, he left a life changing mark in history. Through his powerful and influential speeches, we now have a legacy of inspiring quotes to drive our personal and professional goals.
As we come upon Dr. King’s 91st birthday, as well as the honored Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrated the 3rd Monday of January each year, I wanted to commemorated a list of 25 influential Martin Luther King Jr. quotes.
These powerful and inspiring quotes give meaning of freedom and equality. It pushes humanity to work for love an peace, while focusing on a change for the better.
Check out the quotes below.
25 Influential Quotes by Martin Luther King Jr.
“A lie cannot live.”
“There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”
“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.”
“Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”
“A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.”
“Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.”
“When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.”
“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.”
“Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great because greatness is determined by service… You only need a heart full of grace and a soul generated by love.”
“We cannot walk alone.”
“Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.”
“We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
“Seeing is not always believing.”
“Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.”
“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.”
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience and comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.”
“Hate is too great a burden to bear. I have decided to love.”
“I know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind’s problems.”
“I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.”
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.”
Let’s keep the honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil disobedience with non violence alive with sharing some of these quotes that you connect with today.