Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.
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.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Our lives are not fully lived if we're not willing to die for those we love, for what we believe.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Whom you would change, you must first love.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love is the supreme unifying principle of life.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love is a usually force able of transforming an rivalry into friend.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must follow nonviolence and love.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I've decided to stick with love.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
We cannot be truly Christian people so long as we flaunt the central teachings of Jesus: brotherly love and the Golden Rule.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
When I am commanded to love, I am commanded to restore community, to resist injustice, and to meet the needs of my brothers.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jesus recognized that love is greater than like.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.