- «I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'».
- «Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.»
- «Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.»
- «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.»
- «Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.»
- «The time is always right to do what is right.»
- «Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.»
- «We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.»
- «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.»
- «The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.»
- «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 believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.»
- «We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.»
- «The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.»
- «We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.»
- «We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right.»