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.

I would rather be a man of conviction than a man of conformity.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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.

If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.

Martin Luther King Jr.

If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, ‘Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.

Martin Luther King Jr.

If you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill, be a shrub in the valley, but be the best shrub on the side of the hill. Be a bush if you can’t be a tree. If you can’t be a highway, just be a trail. If you can’t be a sun, be a star; It isn’t by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.

Martin Luther King Jr.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.

Martin Luther King Jr.

It all boils down to the fact that we must never allow ourselves to become satisfied with unattained goals. We must always maintain a kind of divine discontent.

Martin Luther King Jr.