Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes About Purpose

• In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as 'right-to-work.' It provides no 'rights' and no 'works.' Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining…. We demand this fraud be stopped.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Fighting, Rights, Labor Laws

• Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Block, Order, Law

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.62, Beacon Press

• Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  God, Christian, Religious

• I still believe that standing up for the truth of God is the greatest thing in the world. This is the end (purpose) of life. The end of life is not to be happy. The end of life is not to achieve pleasure and avoid pain. The end of life is to do the will of God, come what may.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Life, Wisdom, Pain

• Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve
  purpose... one of the great problems of history is that the concepts of love and power have usually been contrasted as opposites --- polar opposites --- so that love is identified with a resignation of power, and power with a denial of love... What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Love Is, Opposites, Justice

• What are you doing for others?

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Kings, Helping Others, Volunteer

  Jim Haskins, James Haskins, Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1992). “I have a dream: the life and words of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Millbrook Pr

• The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Doors, Direct Action

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.89, Beacon Press

• Somehow we must transform the dynamics of the world power struggle from the negative nuclear arms race which no one can win to a positive contest to harness man's creative genius for the purpose of making peace and prosperity a reality for all of the nations of the world.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Peace, Struggle, Creativity

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.133, Beacon Press

• I question and soul-search constantly into myself to be as certain as I can that I am fulfilling the true meaning of my work, that I am maintaining my sense of purpose, that I am holding fast to my ideals, that I am guiding my people in the right direction.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  People, Soul, Maintaining

  Source: www.thedailybeast.com

• Power is the ability to achieve purpose.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Purpose, Achieve, Ability

  Martin Luther King (Jr.), Michael K. Honey (2011). “All Labor Has Dignity”, p.145, Beacon Press

• Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, political and economic change.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Change, Strong, Power

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.199, Beacon Press

• the universe is under the control of a loving purpose, and that in the struggle for righteousness man has cosmic companionship (angels). Behind the harsh appearance of the world there is a benign power.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Struggle, Angel, Men

• My friends, all I'm trying to say is that if we are to go forward today, we've got to go back and rediscover some mighty precious values that we've left behind. That's the only way that we would be able to make of our world a better world, and to make of this world what God wants it to be and the real purpose and meaning of it.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspiring, Real, Our World

  "Rediscovering Lost Values". Sermon delivered at Detroit's Second Baptist Church, February 28, 1954.

• Your self-sacrificin g devotion to your purpose in life and your unwavering faith will carry you through times of difficulty.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Self, Purpose, Unwavering Faith

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