Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

There is such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive action.

There’s only two times in life, there’s now and there’s too late.

Tomorrow will be too late, it's now or never.

This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.

Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done.

Soon is not as good as now.

We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.

The future is today.

The future is now.

Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date.

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

Every little thing counts in a crisis.

I don't think we have any time to waste.

Boredom is always counter-revolutionary. Always.

Do it now. Not next week. Not tomorrow. Not later this afternoon. Now.

Unfortunately, this country requires body bags before it will act...

When your house is on fire—that is not the time to talk

The Nation trembled on the brink. Events moved with such speed that it was necessary to decide to act on the instant, as each successive crisis arose.

Mr. President, If you don’t do something and do it right away, I don’t know what is going to happen to this country.

Begin where you are. Begin now.

Even a correct decision is wrong when it was taken too late.

What's your hurry?" Because now is the only time there ever is to do a thing in," said Miss Ophelia.

When the house is on fire, don't tell me what your spiritual gift is. Just grab a hose and put out the fire.

Move fast. A sense of urgency is the one thing you can develop that will separate you from everyone else. When you get a good idea, do it now.

At certain times you really feel as though you have to do something.