Happy Birthday Martin Luther King!

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

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.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

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.

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

The time is always right to do what is right.

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

Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.

There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.

Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.

If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.