Top 73 Quotes by Andrew Young

About Andrew Young

These are some quotes by American author Andrew Young Clergyman, who was born on March 12, 1932.

I was raised that way: don't get mad, get smart.

I was raised that way: don't get mad, get smart.

Andrew Young

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.

Andrew Young

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

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

Andrew Young

I wouldn't listen to my parents, but I found out that I absorbed. I never heard what they said - told me - but I did what they did.

I wouldn't listen to my parents, but I found out that I absorbed. I never heard what they said - told me - but I did what they did.

Andrew Young

We rise in glory as we sink in pride.

We rise in glory as we sink in pride.

Andrew Young

Do not try to live your children's lives out of your own frustrations.

Do not try to live your children's lives out of your own frustrations.

Andrew Young

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.

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

My feeling is that you don't go looking for troubles. The cross ought to find you. And so I never go out of my way. I figure I only get involved in things that I can't get around.

My feeling is that you don't go looking for troubles. The cross ought to find you. And so I never go out of my way. I figure I only get involved in things that I can't get around.

Andrew Young

There is a sense in which the United States ambassador speaks to the United States, as well as for the United States. I have always seen my role as a thermostat rather than a thermometer. So I'm going to be actively working... for my own concerns. I have always had people advise me on what to say, but never on what not to say.

Andrew Young

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.

Andrew Young

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