Famous Quotations by Martin Luther King

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.”

“Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”

“He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.”

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”

“If a man is called a street sweeper, he should sweep the streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say: here lived a street sweeper who did his job well.”