Top 99 Mlk Color Of Skin Quotes

As we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we remember his powerful words about the importance of judging people by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin. Here are the top 99 quotes from MLK about race and skin color:

1. “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.”
2. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
3. “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
4. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
5. “I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
6. “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
7. “The time is always right to do what is right.”
8. “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.”
9. “We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.”
10. “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.”
11. “We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.”
12. “No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.”
13. “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.”
14. “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”
15. “The time is always right to do what is right.”
16. “We are not makers of history. We are made by history.”
17. “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'”
18. “The means by which we achieve justice is as important as the end itself.”
19. “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
20. “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.”
21. “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.”
22. “We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.”
23. “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
24. “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
25. “The time is always right to do what is right.”
26. “Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”
27. “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
28. “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.”
29. “The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.”
30. “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”
31. “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
32. “The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.”
33. “Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.”
34. “The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace, and brotherhood.”
35. “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.”
36. “We must use time creatively.”
37. “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'”
38. “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
39. “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.”
40. “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
41. “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.”
42. “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”
43. “The time is always right to do what is right.”
44. “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'”
45. “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.”
46. “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.”
47. “The time is always right to do what is right.”
48. “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.”
49. “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.”
50. “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
51. “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'”
52. “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.”
53. “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
54. “The time is always right to do what is right.”
55. “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.”
56. “We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.”
57. “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
58. “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'”
59. “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.”
60. “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.”
61. “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
62. “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.”
63. “We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.”
64. “The time is always right to do what is right.”
65. “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'”
66. “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.”
67. “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
68. “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.”
69. “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
70. “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.”
71. “We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.”
72. “The time is always right to do what is right.”
73. “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'”
74. “The ultimate measure of a man is