Quotes by Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) — Bürgerrechtler · Baptistisch · USA

Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) war ein US-amerikanischer Baptistenpastor, Theologe und Anführer der Bürgerrechtsbewegung mit Hauptwirkungsorten in Alabama und Georgia. Bekannt wurde er durch seinen gewaltfreien Kampf gegen die staatliche Rassentrennung sowie durch Reden und Texte wie „I Have a Dream“ und den „Letter from Birmingham Jail“. Für Bibelleser verdeutlicht sein Erbe die sozialethische und prophetische Dimension des Glaubens im Einsatz für Gerechtigkeit, während posthume Nachweise von Plagiaten in seiner Dissertation auch Brüche in seiner Biografie markieren.

Era: The 20th Century

Recurring topics: Love, Justice & Commitment, Hope & Confidence, Courage & Strength, Ethical Questions, Freedom & Truth, Meaning & Identity, Faith & Trust

Quotes by Martin Luther King Jr.

We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish; but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

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Darkness cannot be overcome with more darkness, only with light. Violence cannot be overcome with more violence, only with peace.

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I want you to know that we will reach God's kingdom. That's why I am happy today. I am not worried about anything. My eyes have seen the glory of the coming Lord.

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Faith enables us to hew stones of hope out of the mountain of despair.

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When you rise to the love of God, you love all people, not because you like them, not because their ways please you, but because God loves them.

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We must build dikes of courage against the flood of fear.

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Don't allow anybody to make you feel that you're nobody.

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My obligation is to do the right thing. The rest is in God's hands.

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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

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Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.

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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

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As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.

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I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.

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Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.

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Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.

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I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

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Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.

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When our days are darkened and our nights darker than a thousand midnights, let us always remember that there is a great, blessing power in the world called God.

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There's something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies.

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We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

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We will have to repent in this generation not so much for the deeds of the wicked people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.

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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.

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There is no greater power than love. It overcomes hate, as light overcomes darkness.

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We must accept disappointment, but we must never lose hope.

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If you want to change someone, you must first love them.

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The just man in his defeat is stronger than the evil man in his triumph.

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If I can help somebody as I pass along, if I can cheer somebody with a word or song, if I can show somebody he's traveling wrong, then my living will not be in vain.

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Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

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If you can't be a sun, be a star. For it isn't by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.

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Stand up for justice, stand up for truth; and God will be at your side forever.

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Nothing degrades a man more than allowing himself to fall so low as to hate someone.

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He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

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The racial problems will never be solved ultimately until the oppressed people are able to love their enemies.

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

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But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.

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Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.

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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.

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Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

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