Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.

The best way to solve any problem is to remove its cause.

When people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping point short of victory.

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.

If you cant fly then run, if you cant run then walk, if you ant walk then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.

You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt.

Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles; Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.

We must constantly build dykes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act: it is an attitude.

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

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

We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

When two friends understand each other totally, the words are soft and strong like an orchid's perfume

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

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.

Let us be those creative dissenters who will call our beloved nation to a higher destiny. To a new plateau of compassion, to a more noble expression of humanness.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

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.

Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction.

Education without direction is a one-sided social value. Direct action without education is a meaningless expression of pure energy.

The group consisting of mother, father and child is the main educational agency of mankind.

Nothing pains some people more than having to think