Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.
Don't let anybody make you think that God chose America as his divine, messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
They were too God-intoxicated to be "astronomically intimidated." They brought an end to such ancient evils as infanticide and gladiatorial contest.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Without God, all of our efforts turn to ashes and our sunrise into the darkest of nights.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must have the faith that things will work out somehow, that God will make a way for us when there seems no way.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I just want to do God's will.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
God has given each normal person a capacity to achieve some end. True, some are endowed with more talent than others, but God has left none of us talentless.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
In a real sense faith is total surrender to God .
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
We have a great dream. It started way back in 1776, and God grant that America will be true to her dream.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Stand up for justice, stand up for truth; and God will be at your side forever.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
My obligation is to do the right thing. The rest is in God's hands.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
God made the world from nothing, and if we can be nothing, then God can make something of us.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The body is God's temple, but we are to worship God, not the temple.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.