MLK QUOTES ABOUT CHARACTER

“The 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.”

“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.”

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

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

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.”

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

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

“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”

“I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits.”

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

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.”

“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.” FIRST CHRISTMAS IN NEW HOME QUOTE

“Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.”

“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.'”

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

“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.”

“I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

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

“We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”

“The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.”

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

“Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.”

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