- His quotes are soothing and powerful!
Here are some more quotes from Martin Luther Jing Jr. Do you know these already?
“Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”
“Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”
“Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.”
“A right delayed is a right denied.”
“We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.”
“The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.”
“Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love
without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.”
“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. For it isn’t by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.”
“Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.”
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
“Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.” Do you know this as one of the quotes from Martin Luther King Jr?
“Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.”
“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.”
“You know, a lot of people don’t love themselves. And they go through life with deep and haunting emotional conflicts. So the length of life means that you ove yourself. And you know what loving yourself also means? It means that you’ve got to accept yourself.”
“Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent
attitude.”
“That’s love, you see. It is redemptive, and this is why Jesus says love. There’s something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies.”
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.” What do you think of this as one of the quotes by Martin Luther King Jr?
“If one loves an individual merely on account of his friendliness, he loves him for the sake of the benefits to be gained from the friendship, rather than for the friend’s own sake. Consequently, the best way to assure oneself that love is disinterested is to have love for the enemy-neighbor from whom you can expect no good in return, but only hostility and persecution.”
“Nonviolence is absolute commitment to the way of love. Love is not emotional bash; it is not empty sentimentalism. It is the active outpouring of one’s whole being into the being of another.”
“Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.”
“We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn’t matter with me now because I’ve been to the mountaintop… I’ve looked over 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.”
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
What do you think of these quotes from Martin Luther King Jr? Let me know which ones are your favorite in the comments!