Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday 2025: 10 Powerful Quotes Still Relevant Today – News18

Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday 2025: For his nonviolent resistance to racial discrimination, Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated on January 15. Born in 1929, the American civil rights activist is considered one of the world’s greatest and most influential orators. He was assassinated in 1968. He was 39 years old. Because of their non-violent resistance to racial discrimination, Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.. People are still moved by his comments, which inspire international leaders to defend equality and justice.

Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday: 10 Quotes

1. True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
2. Life often leaves us naked, naked, and desperate for a lost opportunity.
3. Love is the force that all the great religions have seen as the greatest unifying principle of life. Love is somehow the key that unlocks the door that leads to ultimate reality.
4. As long as the mind is a slave, the body can never be free.
5. Take the first step in faith. You don’t need to see the whole ladder, just take the first step.
6. Any nation or government that deprives an individual of freedom is committing moral and spiritual murder. Any individual who does not care for his freedom commits moral and spiritual suicide.
7. The richer we become materially, the poorer we become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly in the air like birds and to swim in the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living as brothers.
8. Only when it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
9. If you want to be important – amazing. If you want to be recognized – fantastic. If you want to be great. But know that the greatest among you shall be your servant. This is a new definition of greatness.
10. Non-violence is a powerful and just weapon. Indeed, it is a unique weapon in history that cuts without wounding and honors its wielder.

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Washington DC, United States of America (USA)