

“Well, I don’t know what will happen now. “Everybody can be great because everybody can serve.”ġ6. “There is nothing more majestic and sublime than the quiet testimony of a people willing to sacrifice and suffer for the cause of freedom.”ġ5. And yet we haven’t learned to walk the earth like brothers and sisters.”ġ4. We’ve learned to swim the seas like fish. “We’ve learned to fly the air like birds. “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.”ġ3. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi, from every mountainside, let freedom ring!”ġ2. Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia. Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California. Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. “And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. “The time is always ripe to do right.”ġ1. “Forgiveness is not an occasional act it is a constant attitude.”ġ0. “Real appreciation must flow from the deep seas of the heart.”ĩ. “Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”Ĩ. “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.”ħ.

“Only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.”Ħ.

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”ĥ. “So even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.”Ĥ. Hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that.”ģ. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”Ģ.

It’s important to introduce the quotes below as part of a broader context and examination of King’s life. quotes for the classroom.Īn important caveat: In recent years, there’s been increasing conversation about the tendency to focus on “inspirational” King quotes without engaging in the civil rights leader’s radical work. Below, we share some of our favorite Martin Luther King Jr.
