Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes & Sayings

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

“You don't need to see the whole staircase; just take the first step.”

“Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

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

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

“The fact that you aren't where you want to be should be enough motivation.”

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

“I have decided to stick to love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”

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