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Andrew Young
American
Clergyman
About the author
We rise in glory as we sink in pride.
Andrew Young,
American
Clergyman
#Pride
#Glory
Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it.
Andrew Young,
American
Clergyman
#Nothing
Wishing of all strategies, is the worst.
Andrew Young,
American
Clergyman
#Wishing
Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fool reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven.
Andrew Young,
American
Clergyman
#Work
#Day
#Men
#Reform
#Fool
#Heaven
#Tomorrow
To find people who don't want anything is rare.
Andrew Young,
American
Clergyman
#Want
#People
The commercialization of sport is the democratization of sport.
Andrew Young,
American
Clergyman
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,
American
Clergyman
#President
Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.
Andrew Young,
American
Clergyman
#Diplomacy
#Xerox
On the soft bed of luxury many kingdoms have expired.
Andrew Young,
American
Clergyman
#Luxury
#Bed
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,
American
Clergyman
#Thinking
#State
#Mind
#Wealth
#Thoughts
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,
American
Clergyman
#Life
#American
#Poor
#Poverty
#Opportunity
#Americans
#Dream
I tried. But not everybody thought so.
Andrew Young,
American
Clergyman
#Thought
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,
American
Clergyman
#Talk
#Living
#Nonsense
In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival.
Andrew Young,
American
Clergyman
#World
#Violence
#Change
#Survival
Influence is like a savings account. The less you use it, the more you've got.
Andrew Young,
American
Clergyman
#Influence
It is a blessing to die for a cause, because you can so easily die for nothing.
Andrew Young,
American
Clergyman
#Nothing
#Cause
Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you'll find many of them are unwise.
Andrew Young,
American
Clergyman
No one who's white thinks he's innocent. No one who's black thinks he's guilty.
Andrew Young,
American
Clergyman
Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have.
Andrew Young,
American
Clergyman
#Power
My hope for my children must be that they respond to the still, small voice of God in their own hearts.
Andrew Young,
American
Clergyman
#God
#Hope
#Children
#Voice
Civil rights leaders are involved in helping poor people. That's what I've been doing all my life.
Andrew Young,
American
Clergyman
#Life
#People
#Poor
#Leaders
#Civil rights