Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.

We are not makers of history. We are made by history.

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

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.

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.

Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

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

Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.