39 Martin Luther King Jr Quotes on Courage, Hope & Success

Last updated on July 11th, 2024 at 03:16 pm

Martin Luther King Jr Quotes on Courage are Explained in Fewer lines to motivate everyone.

Nobel prize winner Martin Luther King Jr was an American minister and social activist. He became the most visible spokesman and led the civil rights movement through a peaceful protest in 1955 until his assassination.

Best Martin Luther King jr quotes on courage and strength extracted from his Iconic speeches, notable works, real-life experiences, equality, leadership & more. Spread love and nonviolence through Martin Luther’s quotes to commemorate his legacy.

10 Short Martin Luther King Jr Quotes on Courage

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Only in the darkness can you see the stars.

A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.

The time is always right to do what is right.

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

Only when it is dark enough can you see the stars?

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

Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

Best Martin Luther King Jr Quotes on Courage

Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles.

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.

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

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

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

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

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 build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.’

We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.

If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all.

True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, political, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.

The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life, is what is important.
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

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

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.

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