Happy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

by - 1/18/2021 12:00:00 AM





Happy Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! Below, I’m sharing some of my favorite quotes from Dr. King.

What’s your favorite quote from Dr. King? 


Markin Luther King, jr. Quotes 


“There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”

“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. ”

“Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals.”

“We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right.”

“There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.”

“Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.”

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.”

“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.”

“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”

“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.”

“Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.”

“Every man lives in two realms: the internal and the external. The internal is that realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion. The external is that complex of devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instrumentalities by means of which we live.”

“Shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.”

“There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life’s July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November.”

“The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important”

“A lie cannot live.”

“The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows”

“The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.”

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


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

“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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5 comments

  1. Fantastic quotes by such a brilliant man.

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  2. I love all of these quotes. I think this is one of the most important days. He was such a great man who did wonders.

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  3. Love the quote: "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend". Yes, love can be so powerful and need to be!

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  4. Those are wonderful quotes~ He was a great man and such an inspiration to all of us.

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  5. Indeed such quotes to live b. My favorite is this: "“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” which is very applicable to us and that we need to always remember this in our daily life.

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