Inspirational Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Nonviolence is a dead philosophy and it was not the black people that killed it.”
“I hope you can find some consolation from Christianity’s affirmation that death is not the end. Death is not a period that ends the great sentence of life, but a comma that punctuates it to more lofty significance. Death is not a blind alley that leads the human race into a state of nothingness, but an open door which leads man into life eternal.”
“There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life's July and left standing amidst the piercing chill of an Alpine November.”
“Time itself is neutral; it can be used either destructively or constructively”
“This follows his comment on much time spent in prison for freedom speeches and preaching. “I always try to do a little converting when I’m in Jail.”
“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. They are complementary. Science keeps religion from sinking into the valley of crippling irrationalism and paralyzing obscurantism. Religion prevents science from falling into the marsh of obsolete materialism an moral nihilism.”
“L'émeute est le langage de celui qui n'est pas entendu.”
topics: 1968
“Use me God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.”
“Let us develop a kind of dangerous unselfishness.”
“Only in the darkness you can see the stars”
“...right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”
“Deep in our history of struggle for freedom, Canada was the North star”
“If you can’t fly then run. If you can’t run, then walk. And, if you can’t walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”
“But why is God so slow in conquering the forces of evil? Why does not God break in and smash the evil schemes of wicked men?...We are responsible human beings, not blind automatons; persons, not puppets. By endowing us with freedom, God relinquished a measure of his own sovereignty and imposed certain limitations upon himself. If his children are free, they must do his will by a voluntary choice. Therefore, God cannot at the same time impose his will upon his children and also maintain his purpose for man.”
“If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.”
topics: passionate-living
“Martin luther king '' A man who have not discovered something he will die for, is not fit to live.”
topics: inspiration
“After we’ve discovered what God called us to do, after we’ve discovered our life’s work, we should set out to do that work so well that the living, the dead, or the unborn couldn’t do it any better.”
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1929-1968
Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States and he is frequently referenced as a human rights icon today.
A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president. King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history.
King's main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States, which has enabled more Americans to reach their potential.