10 Quotes to Ponder on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2025
Martin Luther King Day 2025 falls on January 20. This US federal holiday honors the achievements of Martin Luther King, Jr., the chief spokesman for nonviolent activism in the civil rights movement to end racial segregation. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year.
About Martin Luther King, Jr.
King was born on January 15, 1929, and was instrumental in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination in public accommodations, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1964. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968.
10 Quotes to Ponder on Martin Luther King Day 2025
- Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
- In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
- 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.
- That old law about ‘an eye for an eye’ leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.
- Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
- The time is always right to do what is right.
- Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
- Forgiveness is not an occasional act: it is an attitude.
- Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
- Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
“I Have A Dream” speech from August 28, 1963:
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As a Federal investigator for EEOC in New Orleans, LA, I was fortunate to have the best supervisor, ever, who, as a Mississippi teenager, had been one of MLK’s bodyguards. He often related to the staff, horrifying experiences during his tenure, when the group was not allowed to “empty”‘ their bladders, eat or drink in any establishment serving white customers. His name is Richard A. Polk, and I believe he is still alive, in MS. Long live my hero, Polkie!
C.N., thank you so much for sharing this story!
With so much hate and evil in this day and time on this MLK Day I will focus on Love. It will eventually conquer all.