Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

Human progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts and the persistent work of dedicated individuals who are willing to be co-workers with God and without this hard work time itself becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation.

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.

Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.

Let's stop talking about crisis. Let's work instead.

Changes are products of intensive efforts.

There's a little perspiration involved in bringing about change too.

Walls don't fall without effort.

If the times aren't ripe, you have to ripen the times.

The magnitude of a progress is gauged by the greatness of the sacrifice that it requires.

Anything is better than stagnation.

Standing still is never a good option. Not in the ring, and not in life... When you stop moving, you're done.

My hard work finally catching up with perfect timing

Without failure there is no achievement.

Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.

Movement isn't progress.

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

Success is like a lightning bolt. It'll strike you when you least expect it, and you just have to keep the momentum going. You have to strike when the iron is hot. So for me, I just kept striking and striking to polish out the sword that I was making.

As fast as each opportunity presents itself, use it! No matter how tiny an opportunity it may be, use it!

There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.

There is no progress without struggle.

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must step up the stairs.