Coretta Scott King was an American author, activist, civil rights leader, and the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. An active advocate for African-American equality, she was a leader for the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Profoundly inspiring Coretta Scott King quotes will challenge the way you think, change the way you live and transform your whole life.
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Famous Coretta Scott King Quotes
Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul
It doesn’t matter how strong your opinions are. If you don’t use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem Coretta Scott King
Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated
Struggle is a never ending process Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation Coretta Scott King
Behind every good man, there’s a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn’t have nothing
Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul Coretta Scott King
Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don’t believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others
I must remind you that starving a child is violence Suppressing a culture is violence Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a mother and her family is violence. Discrimination against a working man is violence. Ghetto housing is violence. Ignoring medical need is violence Contempt for poverty is violence Coretta Scott King
Struggle is a never ending process Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation
Hate is too great a burden to bear It injures the hater more than it injures the hated Coretta Scott King
I’m fulfilled in what I do I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes the finer things of life would make you happy My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense
I am convinced that the women of the world, united without any regard for national or racial dimensions, can become a most powerful force for international peace and brotherhood Coretta Scott King
The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members a heart of grace and a soul generated by love
Behind every good man, there’s a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn’t have nothing Coretta Scott King
When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone
If you give your life to a cause in which you believe, and if it is right and just, and if your life comes to an end as a result of this, then your life could not have been spent in a more redemptive way I think that is what my husband has done Coretta Scott King
If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children
Women, in general, are not part of the corruption of the past, so they can give a new kind of leadership, a new image for mankind Coretta Scott King
People asked me how was I able to do this and raise four children at the same time. I can only reply that when God calls you to a great task, he provides you with the strength to accomplish what he has called you to do Faith and prayer, family and friends were always available when I needed them, and of course, Martin and I always were there for each other
Without Coretta Scott King, there would not have been a Martin Luther King, Jr. in the way that we know him Coretta Scott King
I often wonder whether or not education is fulfilling its purpose. A great majority of the so called education people do not think logically and scientifically Even the press, the classroom, the platform, and the pulpit in many instances do not give us objective and unbiased truths. To save man from the morass of propaganda, in my opinion, is one of the chief aims of education Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from fiction
I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation Coretta Scott King
Homophobia is like racism and anti Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood
All we seek is an America where every person is given the chance to productively contribute to his country and where he can receive a fair and equitable share of the wealth that production creates Coretta Scott King
Segmentation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people
Because Dr. King was human and not divine although we think he was divine, he was just a man, an extraordinary man, but a man and he would get depressed from time to time and disappointed about all kinds of things relative to the movement Coretta Scott King Quotes
There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens
People need role models They need to see examples of people in peoples’ lives Coretta Scott King
Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience
There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens Coretta Scott King
