1,161 Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.

When I took up the cross I recognized it's meaning. The cross is something that you bear, and ultimately, that you die on.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

A lie cannot live.

I question and soul-search constantly into myself to be as certain as I can that I am fulfilling the true meaning of my work, that I am maintaining my sense of purpose, that I am holding fast to my ideals, that I am guiding my people in the right direction.

We can dream of an America, and a world, in which love and not money are civilization's bottom line.

Whom you would change, you must first love.

If the cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail. Because the goal of America is freedom, abused and scorned tho' we may be, our destiny is tied up with America's destiny.

Any religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned about the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them and the social conditions that cripple them is a spiritually moribund religion awaiting burial.

Nonviolent resistance makes it possible for the Negro to remain in the South and struggle for his rights. The Negro's problem will not be solved by running away.