Famous Quotes

Quotes by Martin Luther

• Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
• That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.
• The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.
• The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'
• The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.
• The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.
• The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.
• The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.
• The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good.
• The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
• The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.
• The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay.
• The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.
• The time is always right to do what is right.
• The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
• The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession.
• There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
• There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.
• There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.
• To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.