20 Retweetable Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes #MLK

mlkJust imagine if Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had Twitter or other social networking applications at his disposal; his message would have been even more world changing.  The exponential impact of his sound bites would have been extremely powerful with a tool like Twitter.

I believe we take for granted the fact that our message, story, voice, thoughts can literally be globally shared at our leisure and by the push of a button.  As we set aside January 18th. to honor the life of a Man that impacted the world in so many ways, I thought it would be great to share quotes with our social networks and use the hashtag #MLK.   Below are 20 Retweetable Martin Luther King Jr. #MLK Quotes. Retweetable meaning there is already enough characters left for others to retweet your post.  Please re-tweet this blogpost and re-tweet some #MLK quotes throughout the day.

  1. Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or darkness of destructive selfishness. #MLK
  2. A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. #MLK
  3. To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing. #MLK
  4. Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. #MLK
  5. I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. #MLK
  6. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. #MLK
  7. The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict. #MLK
  8. We are not makers of history. We are made by history. #MLK
  9. We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now. #MLK
  10. We must face the sad fact that Sunday morning when we stand 2 sing, we stand in the most segregated hour in America. #MLK
  11. In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. #MLK
  12. We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. #MLK
  13. Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, “What are you doing for others?” #MLK
  14. The measure of a man isn’t whr he stands in moments of comfort, but whr he stands @ times of challenge & controversy. #MLK
  15. If a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live. #MLK
  16. Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.  #MLK
  17. We must use time creatively — and forever realize that the time is always hope to do great things. #MLK
  18. The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be.  #MLK
  19. The time is always right to do what is right. #MLK
  20. I have a dream my 4 little children will 1 day liv in a nation whr they will not B judged by the color of their skin. #MLK

There are so many more tremendous quotes by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  These are just 20 that stood out to me.  Please share your favorites from the above list or any other #MLK quotes hat you like.  If you can share them in 120 characters or less, please do so.   This will allow them to be retweetable.

Happy #MLK Holiday!  Thanks For Reading… Please RT

  • http://bondchristian.com/ bondChristian

    This is fantastic. I’m definitely RTing this whole post and some of the quotes as well. I’m a fan of quotes.

    Also, I love this idea behind this post (and a few others I’ve seen like it) of making lists with tweetableness included. I’m going to follow this example on my blog soon. Thanks for the example.

    -Marshall Jones Jr.

  • http://www.maclakeonline.com Mac Lake

    Hey Scott,
    Great post, powerful seeing 20 of MLKs power statements listed all together. Inspiring. Thanks.

  • http://maxatkinson.blogspot.com Max Atkinson

    Too long to tweet, but one of my favorite sequences from ‘I have a dream’ is the extraordinary impact of his use of what might seem very unpromising imagery about banks and banking – which can be seen with a few more comments at http://maxatkinson.blogspot.com/2009/04/inspiring-banking-imagery-for-budget.html

  • http://dannyjbixby.blogspot.com Danny Bixby

    Thanks for making this list. Fantastic post!

  • http://www.twitter.com/marcmillan marcmillan

    This one just slapped me silly.

    “If a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live”

    The man, the legend. MLK

  • Yonas

    Scott, I am reading this article online right now and totally thought of you…..you’ve gota check it out http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2010/01/thurston.html its in honor of MLK Jr

  • http://revtrev.com revtrev

    Thanks so much Scott. I’ll be tweeting them regularly. They’re inspirational.

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