Bernice King Quotes

Author Image

Bernice King

Birth : March 28, 1963

You will encounter misguided people from time to time. That's part of life. The challenge is to educate them when you can, but always to keep your dignity and self-respect and persevere in your personal growth and development.

Bernice King

We cannot afford to regard as normal the presence of injustice, inhumanity, and violence, including their verbal and cyber manifestations.

Bernice King

Continue to speak out against all forms of injustice to yourselves and others, and you will set a mighty example for your children and for future generations.

Bernice King

Choosing nonviolence does not mean that one will never get angry or become upset with others, including the ones we love.

Bernice King

Nonviolence will empower and equip us to bring generations to the table and fuse our knowledge, gifts, and zeal together.

Bernice King

It is time for humanity to reset our spiritual compass from self-centeredness to other-centeredness.

Bernice King

I wrestled with anger from the age of sixteen. It's still one of my nemeses. I have to remember that the word of God says, 'Be slow to anger.'

Bernice King

My father literally fought his entire life to ensure the inclusion of all people because he understood that we were intertwined and connected together in humanity.

Bernice King

In addition to needed gun control reforms, America urgently needs a stronger protest movement dedicated to reducing the glorification of violence in our culture - in music, film, television, video games, and even the Internet.

Bernice King

People have labeled me homophobic. If I was homophobic, I wouldn't have friends who are gay and lesbian, so that can't be true.

Bernice King

All of us have to be committed to a life beyond our own aspirations.

Bernice King

My mother made countless sacrifices so that her children - and all children - could grow up in a better nation and world.

Bernice King

We are faced with the dilemma of how or if we demonstrate where we stand on critical issues and corresponding social ills. We are also bombarded with so many instances of inhumanity that it can be difficult to determine what part we play in human progress.

Bernice King

I think the most pressing issue in our community is probably a generational divide.

Bernice King

King-ian nonviolence is a way of thinking and living and is not confined to the work of social and systemic change.

Bernice King

Love is not a weak, spineless emotion; it is a powerful moral force on the side of justice.

Bernice King

My father provided some very important guidance in how we deal with conflict and polarization.

Bernice King

Always realize that even your strongest advocate and opponent is a part of the human family; albeit they may have small shortcomings and even strength in them, they are part of that human family.

Bernice King

We are carrying collectively a lot of trauma, especially those of us in the African-American community. And if we're not careful, it'll overtake us, and we'll self-destruct.

Bernice King

Daddy taught us through his philosophy of nonviolence, which placed love at the centerpiece, that through that love we can turn enemies into friends. Through that love, we can create more dignified atmospheres.

Bernice King