“One of the sure signs of maturity is the ability to rise to the point of self-criticism.” 

—Martin Luther King Jr.,civil rights leader. 

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

—Martin Luther King Jr.

“There is something of a civil war going on within all of our lives. There is a recalcitrant South of our soul revolting against the North of our soul. And there is this continual struggle within the very structure of every individual life.”

—Martin Luther King Jr.

“The time is always right to do the right thing.”

—Martin Luther King Jr.

“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.”

—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.

​”Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, “Is it politic?” Vanity asks the question, “Is it popular?” But, conscience asks the question, “Is it right?” And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but one must take it because one’s conscience tells one that it is right.”

—Martin Luther King, Jr., civil-rights leader (15 Jan 1929-1968).