Quotes of Whitney Young - somelinesforyou

“ The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self. ”

- Whitney Young

“ It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared. ”

- Whitney Young

“ Black is beautiful when it is a slum kid studying to enter college, when it is a man learning new skills for a new job, or a slum mother battling to give her kids a chance for a better life. But white is beautiful, too, when it helps change society to make our system work for black people also… ”

- Whitney Young

“ The hardest work in the world is being out of work. ”

- Whitney Young

“ The danger is that people may mistake what is basically a change in vocabulary for a change in behavior, practices, and attitudes. While practically all Americans have learned to talk inoffensively, not enough have learned to think differently, nor act positively. ”

- Whitney Young

“ The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self. ”

- Whitney Young

“ Black is beautiful when it is a slum kid studying to enter college, when it is a man learning new skills for a new job, or a slum mother battling to give her kids a chance for a better life. But white is beautiful, too, when it helps change society to make our system work for black people also… ”

- Whitney Young

“ The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self. ”

- Whitney Young

“ The hardest work in the world is being out of work. ”

- Whitney Young

“ Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed. ”

- Whitney Young

“ Black is beautiful when it is a slum kid studying to enter college, when it is a man learning new skills for a new job, or a slum mother battling to give her kids a chance for a better life. But white is beautiful, too, when it helps change society to make our system work for black people also… ”

- Whitney Young

“ It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared. ”

- Whitney Young

“ It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared. ”

- Whitney Young

“ The danger is that people may mistake what is basically a change in vocabulary for a change in behavior, practices, and attitudes. While practically all Americans have learned to talk inoffensively, not enough have learned to think differently, nor act positively. ”

- Whitney Young

“ The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self. ”

- Whitney Young

“ The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self. ”

- Whitney Young

“ Black is beautiful when it is a slum kid studying to enter college, when it is a man learning new skills for a new job, or a slum mother battling to give her kids a chance for a better life. But white is beautiful, too, when it helps change society to make our system work for black people also… ”

- Whitney Young

“ It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared. ”

- Whitney Young

“ It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared. ”

- Whitney Young

“ Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed. ”

- Whitney Young

“ Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed. ”

- Whitney Young

“ Black is beautiful when it is a slum kid studying to enter college, when it is a man learning new skills for a new job, or a slum mother battling to give her kids a chance for a better life. But white is beautiful, too, when it helps change society to make our system work for black people also… ”

- Whitney Young

“ Liberalism seems to be related to the distance people are from the problem. ”

- Whitney Young

“ It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared. ”

- Whitney Young

“ The danger is that people may mistake what is basically a change in vocabulary for a change in behavior, practices, and attitudes. While practically all Americans have learned to talk inoffensively, not enough have learned to think differently, nor act positively. ”

- Whitney Young

“ The danger is that people may mistake what is basically a change in vocabulary for a change in behavior, practices, and attitudes. While practically all Americans have learned to talk inoffensively, not enough have learned to think differently, nor act positively. ”

- Whitney Young

“ It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared. ”

- Whitney Young

“ It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared. ”

- Whitney Young

“ Liberalism seems to be related to the distance people are from the problem. ”

- Whitney Young

“ Black is beautiful when it is a slum kid studying to enter college, when it is a man learning new skills for a new job, or a slum mother battling to give her kids a chance for a better life. But white is beautiful, too, when it helps change society to make our system work for black people also… ”

- Whitney Young
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