A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.
Jack Dempsey

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.
Alexander Graham Bell

America owes most of its social prejudices to the exaggerated religious opinions of the different sects which were so instrumental in establishing the colonies.
James F. Cooper

Any creator owes a debt to past creation.
Lukas Foss

Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it.
Giorgio Vasari

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Mark Twain

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
Jean de La Fontaine

Every professional athlete owes a debt of gratitude to the fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He should never miss a payment.
Bobby Hull

Every vital organization owes its birth and life to an exciting and daring idea.
James Bryant Conant

Every youth owes it to himself and to the world to make the most possible out of the stuff that is in him.
Orison Swett Marden

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
William Cowper

God hath made it a debt which one saint owes to another to carry their names to a throne of grace.
William Gurnall

He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care.
William Penn

He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is a thief.
Jose Marti

I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it.
Hans Eysenck

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
John D. Rockefeller

I do enjoy working with Ryan although he owes me money.
Colin Mochrie

I don't think baseball owes colored people anything. I don't think colored people owe baseball anything, either.
Bob Feller

If God doesn't destroy Hollywood Boulevard, he owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology.
Jay Leno

In 40-odd years in show business, some years I could do no wrong, and some years I could do nothing right. Show business. I owe it everything - it owes me nothing.
Patsy Kelly