Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.
If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values - that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Had it not been for the ministry of my good friend Dr. Billy Graham, my work in the civil rights movement would not have been as successful as it has been.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Whatever your life's work is, do it well.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If I sought to answer all of the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would be engaged in little else in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Racial understanding is not something we find, but something that we must create. Through education, we seek to change attitudes.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Without hard work, time itself becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation. So we must help time and realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The best way to solve any problem is to remove its cause.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
When people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping point short of victory.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
There comes a time when silence is betrayal.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you cant fly then run, if you cant run then walk, if you ant walk then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.