34 Inspiring Andrew Young Quotes (LEADERSHIP)

Updated onDecember 1, 2023

Top 10 Most Famous Andrew Young Quotes (BEST)

Influence is like a savings account, the less you use it, the more you've got. — Influence is like a savings account, the less you use it, the more you’ve got.

There can be no democracy without truth. There can be no truth without controversy, there can be no change without freedom. Without freedom there can be no progress. — There can be no democracy without truth. There can be no truth without controversy, there can be no change without freedom. Without freedom there can be no progress.

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

There's no problem on the planet that can't be solved without violence. That's the lesson of the civil rights movement. — There’s no problem on the planet that can’t be solved without violence. That’s the lesson of the civil rights movement.

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

Freedom is a struggle, and we do it together. Not only together as black citizens, but black and white together. — Freedom is a struggle, and we do it together. Not only together as black citizens, but black and white together.

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

Any racial reconciliation we've had in this country has come not out of confrontation but out of a spirit of reconciliation. — Any racial reconciliation we’ve had in this country has come not out of confrontation but out of a spirit of reconciliation.

If we continue to practice an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we'll eventually end up with a land of people who are blind and toothless. — If we continue to practice an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we’ll eventually end up with a land of people who are blind and toothless.

On the soft bed of luxury many kingdoms have expired. — On the soft bed of luxury many kingdoms have expired.

9 Inspirational Andrew Young Quotes on Equality (NONVIOLENCE)

In a sane, civil, intelligent and moral society, you don't blame poor people for being poor. — In a sane, civil, intelligent and moral society, you don’t blame poor people for being poor.

One of the principles of nonviolence is that you leave your opponents whole and better off than you found them.

Surely, if we can land a spaceship on Mars, we can certainly put a voter ID card in the hand of every eligible voter.

I'm against voter fraud in any form, and I have long supported a national voter ID card. But ID cards need not - and must not - restrict voting rights in any way, shape or form. — I’m against voter fraud in any form, and I have long supported a national voter ID card. But ID cards need not – and must not – restrict voting rights in any way, shape or form.

I think we've made tremendous progress on racism. We've even made progress on war. We've made almost no progress on poverty. — I think we’ve made tremendous progress on racism. We’ve even made progress on war. We’ve made almost no progress on poverty.

Our school systems have to realize that everybody doesn't learn the same way, and no one learns without some emotional support. — Our school systems have to realize that everybody doesn’t learn the same way, and no one learns without some emotional support.

No one who's white thinks he's innocent. No one who's black thinks he's guilty. — No one who’s white thinks he’s innocent. No one who’s black thinks he’s guilty.

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

No nation as rich as ours should have so many people isolated on islands of poverty in such a sea of material wealth.

3 Wise Andrew Young Quotes on Change (WISDOM)

Beauty and love are all my dream; They change not with the changing day; Love stays forever like a stream That flows but never flows away. — Beauty and love are all my dream; They change not with the changing day; Love stays forever like a stream That flows but never flows away.

We think it is complicated to change the world. Change comes little by little. Nothing worthwhile can happen in one generation. — We think it is complicated to change the world. Change comes little by little. Nothing worthwhile can happen in one generation.

Wishing of all strategies, is the worst.

8 Powerful Andrew Young Quotes About Life (WEALTH)

I like my life. I've had a good life. I think the reason is my parents taught me that life is a burden. But if you take it one day at a time, it's an easy burden. — I like my life. I’ve had a good life. I think the reason is my parents taught me that life is a burden. But if you take it one day at a time, it’s an easy burden.

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

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. — 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.

The two are not mutually exclusive, but we think we can have wealth without good ideas and without values and without a clear vision. Wealth without vision is insanity. — The two are not mutually exclusive, but we think we can have wealth without good ideas and without values and without a clear vision. Wealth without vision is insanity.

You have to start living for something that's worth dying for. — You have to start living for something that’s worth dying for.

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

Everybody is determined by his own experience.

We rise in glory as we sink in pride.

4 Andrew Young Quotes that will Make You Think

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

He [Martin Luther King Jr.] always used to say you have no choice about being born or dying. The only thing you have a choice about is what you die for. — He [Martin Luther King Jr.] always used to say you have no choice about being born or dying. The only thing you have a choice about is what you die for.

Everything that has happened in my life is because of good government and because the United States of America was the greatest nation on the face of the earth.

I believe in humanitarian capitalism, and there are good people on Wall Street.

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