One of the most famous and influential civil rights leaders in history, Martin Luther King Jr. is a symbol of hope and resilience. To honor him this Martin Luther King Day, we compiled 50+ greetings for you to share with your friends and family.
Martin Luther King Day Greetings
- “Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals.”
― Martin Luther King Jr. - “Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.”
- Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.
― Martin Luther King Jr.
- “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” Martin Luther King Jr.
- “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.”― Martin Luther King Jr.
- “No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.”
- ― Martin Luther King Jr.
- Martin Luther King Jr.’s words of wisdom include come great quotes about love, forgiveness, and inspiration. The following are hand-picked to be used by counselors who may be working with clients on these topics. The love and forgiveness quotes can be used to help heal and move on after being hurt. The inspirational quotes may be helpful for those clients who need hope because they are battling depression or other challenges.
Love and Forgiveness - “Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars… Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
- “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”
― Martin Luther King Jr. - “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?”
― Martin Luther King Jr. - “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
― Martin Luther King Jr. - “Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”
― Martin Luther King Jr. - “If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way”
― Martin Luther King - “If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
- “There’s something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive.”
- ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
- “I have decided to stick to love…Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
- ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
- “Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”
- ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
- “People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.”― Martin Luther King Jr.
- “The time is always right to do the right thing” Martin Luther King Jr.
