Martin Luther King, Jr. Inspirational Quotations [Page 2]

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. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

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

I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.

Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.

If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions. Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.

The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward the goal of political independence, and we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward the gaining of a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.

Was not Paul an extremist for the gospel of Jesus Christ? - "I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus."

We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that "justice too long delayed is justice denied."

For years now I have heard the word "wait." It rings in the ear of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This "wait" has almost always meant "never."

Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture; but, as Reinhold Niebuhr has reminded us, groups are more immoral than individuals.

My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and nonviolent pressure.