Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.
Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I won't have any money to leave behind. I won't have the fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind. But I just want to leave a committed life behind.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I may not be the man I want to be; I may not be the man I ought to be; I may not be the man I could be; I may not be the man I truly can be; but praise God, I'm not the man I once was
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
we shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force. Do to us what you will. And we shall continue to love you.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
[I] know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems....
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
There can be no deep disappointment where there in not deep love.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Please be peaceful. We believe in law and order. We are not advocating violence, I want you to love your enemies... for what we are doing is right, what we are doing is just -- and God is with us.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
"I criticize America because I love her. I want her to stand as a moral example to the world."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I've seen too much hate to want to hate, myself.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.