Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes About Neighbors

• The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy. The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others. In dangerous valleys and hazardous pathways, he will lift some bruised and beaten brother to a higher and more noble life.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Brother, Men, Challenges

  Strength to Love (1963) ch. 3

• The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Brother, Humility, Men

  Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

• Without love, there is no reason to know anyone, for love will in the end connect us to our neighbors, our children and our hearts.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Children, Heart, Reason

• The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Risk, Prestige, Welfare

  Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

• I'm very glad Christ tells us to love our neighbor and not to like our neighbor because it's hard to like someone threatening your children and throwing fire bombs through your window, but He asks us to love them and that I can do

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Children, Fire, Bombs

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