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Owen D. Young Quotes: The world does not owe men a living, but business, if it is to fulfill its ideal, owes men an opportunity to earn a living.
         

The world does not owe men a living, but business, if it is to fulfill its ideal, owes men an opportunity to earn a living.


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It takes vision and courage to create

It takes vision and courage to create



Capital which overreaches for profits; labor which overreaches for wages, or a public which overreaches for bargains will all destroy such other. There is no salvation for us on that road.

Capital which overreaches for profits; labor which overreaches for wages, or a public which overreaches for bargains will all destroy such other. There is no salvation for us on that road.



When boasting ends, there dignity begins.

When boasting ends, there dignity begins.



The man who can put himself in the place of other men, who can understand the workings of their minds, need never worry about what the future has in store for him.

The man who can put himself in the place of other men, who can understand the workings of their minds, need never worry about what the future has in store for him.



It takes visions and courage to create. It takes faith and courage to prove.

It takes visions and courage to create. It takes faith and courage to prove.



I really believe that more harm is done by old men who cling to their influence than by young men who anticipate it.

I really believe that more harm is done by old men who cling to their influence than by young men who anticipate it.



Markets as well as mobs respond to human emotions; markets as well as mobs can be inflamed to their own destruction.

Markets as well as mobs respond to human emotions; markets as well as mobs can be inflamed to their own destruction.



It is not the crook in modern business that we fear but the honest man who does not know what he is doing.

It is not the crook in modern business that we fear but the honest man who does not know what he is doing.



It takes vision and courage to create- it takes faith and courage to prove.

It takes vision and courage to create- it takes faith and courage to prove.



It is not the crook in modern business that we fear, but the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.

It is not the crook in modern business that we fear, but the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.





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You are going to end up as one of those sad old men who poke around in rubbish bins.”“I’m going to end up in a hole in the ground... And so are you. So are we all.

You are going to end up as one of those sad old men who poke around in rubbish bins.”“I’m going to end up in a hole in the ground... And so are you. So are we all.



I couldn't loose somebody else like that, without even the chance to say good-bye. Not again. Not her.

I couldn't loose somebody else like that, without even the chance to say good-bye. Not again. Not her.



Why does it matter what I own, how I look, what I wear, if I don't help out a friend in need, if I've forgotten to love and care.

Why does it matter what I own, how I look, what I wear, if I don't help out a friend in need, if I've forgotten to love and care.



Company is a burden to those at home in the solitude of their souls.

Company is a burden to those at home in the solitude of their souls.



The overarching factor to me is if we can't be kind to each other, we won't be kind to the planet.

The overarching factor to me is if we can't be kind to each other, we won't be kind to the planet.



Every man's story is important, eternal and sacred. That is why every man, as long as he lives and fulfills the will of nature, is wondrous and worthy of every consideration.

Every man's story is important, eternal and sacred. That is why every man, as long as he lives and fulfills the will of nature, is wondrous and worthy of every consideration.



There is one act par excellence which profanes money by going directly against the law of money, an act for which money is not made. That act is giving.

There is one act par excellence which profanes money by going directly against the law of money, an act for which money is not made. That act is giving.



Worse, the deadly accuracy of filial faultfinding is facilitated by access, by trust, by willing disclosure, and so constitutes a double betrayal.

Worse, the deadly accuracy of filial faultfinding is facilitated by access, by trust, by willing disclosure, and so constitutes a double betrayal.



There's nothing like stories on a windy night when folks have found a warm place in a cold world.

There's nothing like stories on a windy night when folks have found a warm place in a cold world.



Over the vast plain I wander, observing a thousand strange and incredible and terrifying manifestations of the Bootstrap-lifting impulse.

Over the vast plain I wander, observing a thousand strange and incredible and terrifying manifestations of the Bootstrap-lifting impulse.




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