From quotes on forgiveness to the struggle for racial justice, Martin Luther King Jr.’s words have continued to resonate with audiences decades later.
King is remembered Monday as a civil rights leader that left a lasting legacy. As the country observes King, here’s a look back at some of the most popular MLK quotes.

“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.”

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

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?”

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

“You can kill the dreamer, but you can’t kill the dream.”

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

“Even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.”

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

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

“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”

“Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.”

“Find a voice in a whisper.”

“If you can’t fly, run; if you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl; but by all means keep moving.”

“No person has the right to rain on your dreams.”

“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.”

“There is no gain without struggle.”

“The difference between a dreamer and a visionary is that a dreamer has his eyes closed and a visionary has his eyes open.”

“Be a bush if you can’t be a tree. If you can’t be a highway, just be a trail. If you can’t be a sun, be a star. For it isn’t by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.”

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