25 Famous Quotes of Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King, Jr. is remembered for many things. Amongst them, he's remembered for the good he contributed to our world and he's certainly remembered for the empowering words which he spoke. Below are some of the quotes he is famous for.

1. " Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way."

2. " Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude."

3. "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."

4. "Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase."

5. "No person has the right to rain on your dreams."

6. "The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But...the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man what will happen to him?'

7 . "True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice that produces beggars needs reconstructing."

8. "We are faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words 'Too Late'."

9. "The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important."

10. "We must remember that education is not enough. Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only power of concentration, but worthy objectives on which to concentrate."

11. "We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers."

12. "Hate destroys the hater."

13. "Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless."

14. "The question is not if we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists."

15. "We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind."

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

17. "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort; but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

18. "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."

19. "A man hasn't started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his existence to the broader concerns of all humanity."

20. "The potential beauty of human life is constantly made ugly by man's ever re-curring song of retaliation."

21. "We must learn that passively to acept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil."

22. "A riot is the language of the unheard."

23. "We must substitute courage for caution."

24. "He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love."

25. "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?"