Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.

Never succumb to the temptation of becoming bitter. As you press for justice, be sure to move with dignity and discipline, using only the instruments of love.

My parents would always tell me that I should not hate the white man, but that it was my duty as a Christian to love him.

Our lives are not fully lived if we're not willing to die for those we love, for what we believe.

Whom you would change, you must first love.

Love is the supreme unifying principle of life.

It is quite easy for me to think of a God of love mainly because I grew up in a family where love was central and where lovely relationships were ever present.

There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest.

Love is a usually force able of transforming an rivalry into friend.

We must follow nonviolence and love.

I've decided to stick with love.

We cannot be truly Christian people so long as we flaunt the central teachings of Jesus: brotherly love and the Golden Rule.

When I am commanded to love, I am commanded to restore community, to resist injustice, and to meet the needs of my brothers.

We can't slow up because of our love for democracy and our love for America. Someone should tell Faulkner that the vast majority of the people on this globe are colored.

Jesus recognized that love is greater than like.

Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.

I won't have any money to leave behind. I won't have the fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind. But I just want to leave a committed life behind.

I may not be the man I want to be; I may not be the man I ought to be; I may not be the man I could be; I may not be the man I truly can be; but praise God, I'm not the man I once was

Millions of citizens are deeply disturbed that the military-industrial complex too often shapes national policy, but they do not want to be considered unpatriotic.

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

we shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force. Do to us what you will. And we shall continue to love you.

[I] know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems....

There can be no deep disappointment where there in not deep love.

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

And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land