Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the greatest people to ever walk the earth and his impact on the world is the reason that we celebrate his birthday every year on Martin Luther King Jr Day. For motivation for entrepreneurs and business owners, we decided to put some of our favorite quotes from him to help you in your business and life.
- Life's most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'
- Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
- Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.
- Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
- 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.
- We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
- We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
- Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
- Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
- A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
- Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
- We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
- I have a dream…