Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

It was a promise she knew I might not be able to keep. But I made it anyway because I was going to find a way to make it true.

I'm alive and I'm going to keep standing up for what I believe in. Once you get to that point, boy you are dangerous.

But no one can lose sight of what he desires. Even if there are moments when he believes the world and the others are stronger. The secret is this: do not surrender.

Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.

Sometimes the only way to win is to die trying.

Those who resolve to conquer or die, are rarely conquered.

I say to myself if you believe deeply in your heart you must defy, and if you are willing to pay for your defiance, you must always do it, even though the pain may be much. Too many times in our lives we do not do it, and we pay even more.

That saint who advances on his knees never retreats.

There are some things in life that are worth fighting for to the end.

A warrior cannot lower his head - otherwise he loses sight of the horizon of his dreams.

Keep up your courage, stay true to what you believe in.

Being brave was easy when you would rather die than give up.

I promise I shall never give up, and that I'll die yelling & laughing.

The way back will come but once. Be steadfast.

The deepest courage we can exercise is continuing to believe in our dreams until we make them come true.

Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles ; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cédé. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.]

I've never given up. I've always kept going. I don't feel that I could afford to give up. That would be the beginning of the end.

I’m very determined. If I decide that something is worth doing, then I’ll put my heart and soul to it. The whole ground can be against me, but if I know it is right, I’ll do it.

Being a hero doesn't mean you succeed in saving the day. It just means you tried.

Defeat is not an option. Period. The End.

Let none falter who thinks he is right, and we may succeed. But if, after all, we shall fail, be it so: we still shall have the proud consolation of saying to our consciences, and to the departed shade of our country's freedom, that the cause approved of our judgment and adored of our hearts, in disaster, in chains, in torture, in death, we never faltered in defending.

There is no stronger or weaker…. You’re strong in the moment when you go right to the end for the cause you are defending.

A true champion will fight through anything.

Never give in - never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.