Faith is taking the first step when you cannot see the staircase.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that, hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.
Only in the darkness can you see the stars.
Forgiveness is not an occasional act but a constant attitude.
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.
Use me God, show me how to take who i am, who i want to be and what i can do and use it for a purpose greater than myself.
You are not only responsible for what you say but what you do not say.
To be a christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
If a man has not discovered something he would die for he is not fit to live.
One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right if the head is totally wrong. Only through the bringing together of head and heart, intelligence and goodness shall man rise to the fulfillment of his true nature.
Nothing worthwhile is gained without sacrifice.
God is not interested merely in the freedom of black men, brown men and yellow men: God is interested in the freedom of the whole human race.
I have decided to stick with love, hate is too greater burden to bear.
I've looked over and seen the promised land, i may not get there with you but i want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land, so i am happy tonight. I am not worried about anything. I am not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord.
Not everyone can be famous but everybody can be great because greatness is determined by service. You only need a heart full of grace and a soul generated by love.
It does not matter how long you live but how well you do it.
If i cannot do great things, i can do small things in a great way
The time is always right to do the right thing
We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of the creed, we hold these things to be self evident, that all men are created equal. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character.