Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes about Progress

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.

Decision, Progress, Faces

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.105, Beacon Press

The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Progress, Despair, Movement

Martin Luther King (Jr.), Michael K. Honey (2011). “All Labor Has Dignity”, p.101, Beacon Press

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable . . .

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Struggle, Sacrifice, Progress

Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

Nonviolent action, the Negro saw, was the way to supplement, not replace, the progress of change. It was the way to divest himself of passivity without arraying himself in vindictive force.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Progress, Way, Saws

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.26, Beacon Press

We must work passionately and indefatigably to bridge the gulf between our scientific progress and our moral progress. One of the great problems of mankind is that we suffer from a poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance. The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have become morally and spiritually.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Bridges, Suffering, Progress

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “"In a Single Garment of Destiny": A Global Vision of Justice”, p.19, Beacon Press

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.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

People, Effort, Progress

"The Other America". Speech at Grosse Pointe High School, www.gphistorical.org. March 14, 1968.

If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Humanity, Progress, Ifs

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

I feel that the time is always right to do what is right. Where progress for the Negro in America is concerned, there is a tragic misconception of time among whites. They seem to cherish a strange, irrational notion that something in the very flow of time will cure all ills.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

America, Progress, Flow

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes about Progress

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