More Quotes by Martin Luther King Jr.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
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.
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
If you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl, but keep moving forward!
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.
Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.
Vanity asks, is it popular? Politics ask, will it work? But conscience and morality ask, is it right?
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
I have decided to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. And the beautiful thing is that we are moving against wrong when we do it, because John was right, God is love. He who hates does not know God, but he who has love has the key that unlocks the door to the meaning of ultimate reality.
Whatever your life's work is, do it well.