11 Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes for the Classroom

  1. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
  2. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
  3. “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”
  4. “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.”
  5. “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'”
  6. “The time is always right to do what is right.”
  7. “I have decided to stick to love…Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
  8. “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
  9. “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
  10. “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.”
  11. “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.”