Martin Luther King, Jr. Day this year is Monday, January 21, 2025. And every year, MLK quotes and memes get shared with powerful words that Martin Luther King, Jr has shared. However, sometimes the quotes aren’t always correct. We have tried hard to fact check these inspirational Martin Luther King, Jr memes and quotes.
Powerful Quotes and Memes for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
From his famous I Have a Dream Speech to his tireless efforts to achieve equality for all, Martin Luther King, Jr. has inspired many and continues to do so. These powerful quotes and memes from Martin Luther King, Jr. will help celebrate MLK Day in 2025.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.
Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?‘
Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children.
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an escapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.
Darkness cannot put out darkness; only light can do that.
I have also decided to stick with love, for I know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind’s problems.
I have seen too much hate…hate is too great a burden to bear. I have decided to love.
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.
Let us be dissatisfied until those who live on the outskirts of hope are brought into the metropolis of daily security.
Love is the greatest force in the universe. It is the heartbeat of the moral cosmos. He who loves is a participant in the being of God.
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Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it 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.

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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.
We will not build a peaceful world by following a negative path. It is not enough to say “We must not wage war.” It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war, but on the positive affirmation of peace.
If we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective.
Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.