Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

That old law about ‘an eye for an eye’ leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do what is right.

It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

We must substitute courage for caution.

If it matters, it will hurt like knives or wrap and lift you in the most immeasurable joy. Or both. One thing is certain, you will feel intensely alive.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages.

If anyone were to ask me what I want out of life I would say- the opportunity for doing something useful, for in no other way, I am convinced, can true happiness be attained.

The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them.

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.

I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren’t enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.

I’m just preparing my impromptu remarks.

There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.