Martin Luther King Jr.

"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed."

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

"The time is always right to do what is right."

"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've decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."

"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."

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

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

"Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it."

"The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be."

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."

"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear."

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

"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."

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

"Every person has the power to change the world."

"If you lose hope, you lose everything."

"Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it."

"True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar."

"The soft-hearted will not inherit the earth."

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

"Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education."

"Education is perhaps the most important investment we can make in our future."

"Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability."

"The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict."

"I have a deep conviction that justice will eventually rule the day."

"A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan."

"The purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows."

"Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will."