Andrew Young Quotes

My hope for my children must be that they respond to the still, small voice of God in their own hearts.
Andrew Young

God, Hope, Children

Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it.
Andrew Young

Nothing, Decide, Illegal

It is a blessing to die for a cause, because you can so easily die for nothing.
Andrew Young

Nothing, Die, Blessing

Civil rights leaders are involved in helping poor people. That's what I've been doing all my life.
Andrew Young

Life, Poor, Rights

I have about concluded that wealth is a state of mind, and that anyone can acquire a wealthy state of mind by thinking rich thoughts.
Andrew Young

Mind, Thinking, Thoughts

In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival.
Andrew Young

Change, Violence, Achieve

To find people who don't want anything is rare.
Andrew Young

I tried. But not everybody thought so.
Andrew Young

Thought, Everybody, Tried

If you're a preacher, you talk for a living, so even if you don't make sense, you learn to make nonsense eloquently.
Andrew Young

Living, Sense, Talk

Influence is like a savings account. The less you use it, the more you've got.
Andrew Young

Less, Influence, Savings

Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you'll find many of them are unwise.
Andrew Young

Find, Call, View

Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have.
Andrew Young

Power, Best, Moral

No one who's white thinks he's innocent. No one who's black thinks he's guilty.
Andrew Young

Black, Guilty, Innocent

On the soft bed of luxury many kingdoms have expired.
Andrew Young

Bed, Soft, Luxury

Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.
Andrew Young

Once, Died, Diplomacy

President Jimmy Carter was a citizen soldier. Ironically, he was considered weak because he didn't kill anybody and he didn't get anyone killed.
Andrew Young

Soldier, Anyone, President

The commercialization of sport is the democratization of sport.
Andrew Young

Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fool reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven.
Andrew Young

Work, Men, Fool

We rise in glory as we sink in pride.
Andrew Young

Pride, Rise, Glory

Wishing of all strategies, is the worst.
Andrew Young

Worst, Wishing, Strategies

I have committed my life to helping the poor, and I believe that if more companies followed Wal-Mart's lead in providing opportunity and savings to those who need it most, more Americans battling poverty would realize the American dream.
Andrew Young

Life, Poor, Poverty

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Clergyman

Born: March 12, 1932

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