Whitney Young quote: "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."

I am not anxious to be the loudest voice or the most popular. But I would like to think that at a cr...
WHITNEY YOUNG

It's better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not b...
WHITNEY YOUNG JR.

It's better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not...
WHITNEY, YOUNG JR.

Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed.
WHITNEY M. YOUNG

It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not ...
WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR.

The hardest work in the world is being out of work.
WHITNEY M. YOUNG JR.

Liberalism seems to be related to the distance people are from the problem.
WHITNEY M. YOUNG JR.

The hardest work in the world is being out of work.
WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR.

I've been on so many blind dates I should get a free dog.
WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR.

Black is beautiful when it is a slum kid studying to enter college, when it is a man learning new sk...
WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR.

Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.
WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR.

Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed.
WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR.

Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed.
WHITNEY M. YOUNG JR.

Black is beautiful when it is a slum kid studying to enter college, when it is a man learning new sk...
WHITNEY M. YOUNG JR.

Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.
WHITNEY M. YOUNG JR.

It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not ...
WHITNEY M. YOUNG JR.

I've been on so many blind dates I should get a free dog.
WHITNEY M. YOUNG JR.

We are becoming so fickle and self involved. Always looking for the next best thing - especially whe...
WHITNEY WOLFE

How does a queen bee behave? However she wants to. But please don't wait for someone to hold the...
WHITNEY WOLFE

People knew that Murdoch's media estate in the UK was too powerful and it was doing very unpleas...
MEREDITH WHITNEY

The more we can do to address fiscal austerity, the better our markets will do, and there is a real ...
MEREDITH WHITNEY

Every day things get better because politicians are addressing the fiscal challenges more aggressive...
MEREDITH WHITNEY

There's not a doubt in my mind that you will see a spate of municipal-bond defaults.
MEREDITH WHITNEY

Municipal debt outstanding doubled in the past 10 years. And in the past 30 years, the U.S. has been...
MEREDITH WHITNEY

At a certain point, you can't tax people beyond a certain level.
MEREDITH WHITNEY

There are great municipal investments out there, but on a blanket basis you have to be really carefu...
MEREDITH WHITNEY

You have to know what you own. You have to really do your homework in terms of knowing what supports...
MEREDITH WHITNEY

You're either making money or you're not. If you're not making money get out of the busi...
MEREDITH WHITNEY

Have a dream, chase it down, jump over every single hurdle, and run through fire and ice to get ther...
WHITNEY WOLFE

Safety is something you should never have to pay for. If you're abusive or, say, not who you say...
WHITNEY WOLFE

I cannot compare and contrast Tinder and Bumble directly, but I will say that we have a very impress...
WHITNEY WOLFE

The beauty of Bumble and this world of online connecting is it gives you access. Going down to the b...
WHITNEY WOLFE

I'm going to be honest. Up until I started work on Bumble, the 'f-word' scared me. Peopl...
WHITNEY WOLFE

The men who use Bumble appreciate a confident woman, a woman who has a voice. A lot of men suffer fr...
WHITNEY WOLFE

There's an assumption that women don't start companies that earn more than X amount of dolla...
WHITNEY WOLFE

Bumble really sets the stage for an empowered and modern way to connect, which educated and forward-...
WHITNEY WOLFE

I guarantee that if you threw 100 people into a room, the first three questions they would ask each ...
WHITNEY WOLFE

I feel like, in a lot of shows where the woman is in charge, the woman is this ball buster and the g...
WHITNEY CUMMINGS

If I traveled to the end of the rainbow as Dame Fortune did intend, Murphy would be there to tell me...
BERT WHITNEY

The truly terrible thing about this life, was not knowing what you want, but only able to recognize ...
WHITNEY OTTO

I almost wish I could be more exciting, that I could match what is happening out there to me.
WHITNEY HOUSTON

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one r...
WILLIS WHITNEY

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one...
WILLIS WHITNEY

The best men tell you the truth because they think you can take it; the worst men either try to pres...
WHITNEY OTTO

I think that we're in a really amazing time, where there are really a lot of really fantastic fe...
WHITNEY CUMMINGS

I like being a woman, even in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can w...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

One of my primary objects is to form the tools so the tools themselves shall fashion the work and gi...
ELI WHITNEY

I finally faced the fact that it isn't a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fe...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

My daughter is my greatest inspiration.
WHITNEY HOUSTON

I have priorities. Maintaining my daughter is my first.
WHITNEY HOUSTON

I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I did a...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

I was naked under his gaze. Skin was just that: skin. But to see your soul stripped, laid bare for t...
WHITNEY BARBETTI

I have always believed that I should have had no difficulty in causing my rights to be respected.
ELI WHITNEY

What I have found is that the best way to unwind is cooking. You only have two hands. If you are cho...
WHITNEY WOLFE

The worst dream of the night, when you are parted from someone you love and you do not know exactly ...
WHITNEY OTTO

I did some pretty embarrassing modeling, like catalogs and QVC. I know there's probably a stereo...
WHITNEY CUMMINGS

You can fool people. You can fool anybody anytime of the day, but you can't fool yourself. At ni...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all th...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

When I heard Aretha, I could feel her emotional delivery so clearly. It came from down deep within. ...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

I'm not crazy about arenas just because I can sell them out. It doesn't do anything for my e...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

You are undoubtedly acquainted with my Reputation, and as for my Penmanship it must speak for itself...
ELI WHITNEY

You can make great money in a utility type of business by borrowing cheaply and lending sensibly but...
MEREDITH WHITNEY

No one fights dirtier or more brutally than blood; only family knows it’s own weaknesses, the exac...
WHITNEY OTTO

When I first got started in this whole world of online connecting, we were combating this antiquated...
WHITNEY WOLFE

…she eventually forgave him, because she understood him.
WHITNEY OTTO

[Referring to rape] It already is bigger than everything else. It lives in front of me, behind me, n...
DAISY WHITNEY

I don't need to be any place else, because the music takes me to the only place I want to be right n...
DAISY WHITNEY

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. in the long run of history, the ce...
WHITNEY GRISWOLD

I wanted to be a teacher. I love children, so I wanted to deal with children. Then I wanted to be a ...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

When you pay in advance, don't pay by check or cash. If you use a credit card, you may be able to re...
FRANK WHITNEY

It's a cheap date and [students] will have a wonderful time. The set and costumes are gorgeous, and ...
WHITNEY RYDBECK

Feminism is not about girl power. It is about equal power.
WHITNEY WOLFE

I'm just fiercely protective. It's like, that's my lair and nobody messes with my lair.
WHITNEY HOUSTON

In grammar school some of the girls had problems with me. My face was too light. My hair was too lon...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

The first relay really set the pace for the whole night. Lacey swam awesome, and Anna Turner really ...
WHITNEY MYERS

At first a little shocking, just how big the girls are. I was playing against a lot of seniors that ...
WHITNEY FRAMENT

Look at what is broken in society, figure out how to make it better, and then, around that, formulat...
WHITNEY WOLFE

I know that I could really kill for my daughter. I know because I'm living for her, so I'm fierce wh...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

If I traveled to the end of the rainbow - As Dame Fortune did intend, Murphy would be there to tell ...
BERT WHITNEY

[She was] dressed in a peignoir of beige lace with a blonde wig above false eyelashes-a kind of Mt R...
DWIGHT WHITNEY

The town was growing and there wasn't room for anything new. Near the end of the time there, if we b...
CARLTON WHITNEY

It was very crowded in the village hall. It was used very much. That's how we got a new library buil...
CARLTON WHITNEY

Why are old lovers able to become friends? Two reasons. They never truly loved each other, or they l...
WHITNEY OTTO

Being around people like Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack. . . had a...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

I've got a good man. He takes care of me. I don't have to be scared of anything because I know he wi...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

I don't like it when they [media critics] see me as this little person who doesn't know what to do w...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

After graduating in International Relations in 2011, I turned down safe, corporate job offers and in...
WHITNEY WOLFE

The distinction between the two must be made by professionals who are trained and equipped to look a...
WHITNEY WATSON

It's clear that people are taking their cues from the president--either embracing his leadership or ...
CHRISTOPHER WHITNEY

Because this is what I believe - that second chances are stronger than secrets. You can let secrets ...
DAISY WHITNEY

I got in this business because of Steve Martin playing a banjo with an arrow through his head. You h...
DAN WHITNEY

I can virtually guarantee at today's value levels, no matter what, over multiple years they will ris...
WHITNEY TILSON

Governments need to create a positive business environment so industry can do the most effective wor...
BENSON WHITNEY

We see the border dispute... from an energy security perspective. We have an interest in it and woul...
BENSON WHITNEY

We have scoured the Northeast and blended together what we feel is the best of the best in terms of ...
LEE WHITNEY

In high school you get so wrapped up in everything that you end up miserable. It's so much more enjo...
WHITNEY PRATHER

I'm older, I'm matured... I'm looking forward to the years to come. Good years.
WHITNEY HOUSTON

I sleep with the drapes open to rise with the sun. I think that's a healthy thing to do because ...
WHITNEY WOLFE

When I left Tinder, I had no intention of getting back into the dating industry. What I ultimately w...
WHITNEY WOLFE

This kid brought in his car and a friend an I changed his starter. It's nice to know about cars in c...
STEVEN WHITNEY

Investors see nothing but sunny skies as far as the eye can see and therefore do not care one iota a...
WHITNEY TILSON

There was a time in L.A. when I drove to 7-Eleven to go grocery shopping, and I locked my keys in my...
WHITNEY CUMMINGS

she is admired from afar. These admirers court her in secret, in the safety of their dreams.
WHITNEY OTTO

We saw Wendy's was languishing at $40, but when we saw Pershing Square's proposal, it was clear that...
WHITNEY TILSON

Life is sweet when you pay attention. When it doesn't seem sweet, put a sticker on your nose and do ...
WHITNEY SCOTT

After school, I'd wait for someone to pick me up and no one would, so I'd be like, 'I gu...
WHITNEY CUMMINGS

Tony had a flair about him. He was a very optimistic person and a tireless worker.
WHEELOCK WHITNEY

I was aware of people staring at me. No one moved. They seemed almost in trance. I just stared at th...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

Look for the tables with balloons. That's where we'll be.
WHITNEY YODER

I befriended a lot of them. You'd get a call from Dennis Miller and go hang out at the mall. They he...
DAN WHITNEY

God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?
WHITNEY HOUSTON

A critic is a bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.
WHITNEY BALLIETT

I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow if I fail, if I succeed at least I did as I beli...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

I think the state-owned casino proponents look at both Cherokee and Crawford counties as potentially...
WHITNEY DAMRON

I am. I’m rude because I don’t conform to society’s standards that white lies are inconsequent...
WHITNEY BARBETTI

Really it's better for them to be back on campus than in a cage waiting for somebody to adopt them.
WHITNEY MILLIGAN

Those groups are very important to the communities, but we want to provide something hip and fresh f...
WHITNEY YODER

She still talks to Nick almost every other day and that she absolutely considers him still one of he...
WHITNEY MCNALLY

They are someone we're a little nervous about because they're like us. They're on a Cinderella run. ...
WHITNEY LINDSAY

Bianca didn't really need any help out there; she was beating us by herself.
WHITNEY HOUSTON

checked him out when he wasn't even looking.
WHITNEY HOUSTON

I Am a Bird Now.
WHITNEY HOUSTON

My Love Is Your Love,
WHITNEY HOUSTON

Contrary to belief, I do the hitting, he doesn't. He has never put his hands on me. He is not a woma...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

If she was a friend of mine and she ever asked me for advice -- which is hard to imagine -- I'd say,...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

Hey roomie." I was breathless. I looked her straight in the eyes as my fingers squeezed my nipples a...
SAMANTHA WHITNEY

Jessica told me you can let chaos consume you and be overwhelmed or just walk with it. But she's not...
WHITNEY MCNALLY

It really hasn't dawned on me yet. It's more of proving it to myself that I can do whatever I want a...
WHITNEY CONDER

Try to distract yourself from it. Even if it means closing the shades to your windows. It's the ostr...
PETER WHITNEY

Jamie is the kind of athlete Central is looking for. She's the total package.
JEFF WHITNEY

The hedge fund 'bubble,' while not popping, is no longer inflating.
WHITNEY TILSON

Educating girls to be money wise is a good investment. Girls need to learn to earn, and manage it wi...
WHITNEY RANSOME

People are looking to help any way they can. When disaster strikes, you hate to say it, but when dis...
WHITNEY ELLIS

She remembered her fingers threaded through his hair and his kisses in places that made her long for...
WHITNEY OTTO

The key swing vote is the passive investors who decide whether to piggyback on what the activists ar...
WHITNEY TILSON

The NFL has a mass appeal that's just unprecedented.
WHITNEY WAGONER

We are federally mandated to respond to all emergencies, but we do not receive any federal, state or...
WHITNEY BEEM

That was a great race (200 backstroke) for Helen, and Ashley had a great meet for us. Those two are ...
WHITNEY HITE

Anytime you're a national champion, it's incredible. I couldn't be more proud of Helen. She's been o...
WHITNEY HITE

I might be playing in a summer league at Hudson Valley, getting in shape for next season. I want to ...
WHITNEY FRAMENT

Growing around [great musicians], you just can't help it. I identified with it immediately. It was s...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

Some of the women in town took a red wagon and went door to door collecting books. The first library...
CARLTON WHITNEY

I'm still stunned (that I won the race). I'm really proud of how I did. I was hurting in that last 1...
WHITNEY MYERS

[NEW YORK (CNN) -- Whitney Houston is trying to put an end to rumors that she and husband Bobby Brow...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

make yesterday jealous of today
DIALE WHITNEY

She (Wallace) seems like she's 7 feet tall. Inside I just stayed behind her and kept my arms up and ...
WHITNEY BALL

I risk a grin at the thought. Because there's a part of me that likes that idea. Get out of town and...
DAISY WHITNEY

She expected a lot of me. When I was in fourth grade working on a book report, she made me start the...
DAISY WHITNEY

Eastern Elite is all about kids. We provide a positive environment where participants can grow indiv...
WHITNEY HOMMEL

My goal is not to overtake Tinder or compete with Tinder. To be fully honest with you, I think Tinde...
WHITNEY WOLFE

Just looking around town in Parsons, people think we don't have a lot of young professional people, ...
WHITNEY YODER

I have now taken a serious task upon myself and I fear a greater one that is in the power of any man...
ELI WHITNEY

You’re not the same. You’re not supposed to be the same. You’re supposed to be different. This...
DAISY WHITNEY

This study approaches prayer almost mechanically.
DON WHITNEY

Anyone who seeks a prayer life guided by Scripture will not take this study seriously. Prayer is bas...
DON WHITNEY

If we don't make (children) a priority we will fail because the world is going to be left to them. T...
DON WHITNEY

I started the race to bring awareness and funding to needy children.
DON WHITNEY

I think there was a seed planted at an early age. I think children have a hard time comprehending wh...
DON WHITNEY

When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are. Lon...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are.
WHITNEY HOUSTON

It's definitely an awesome surprise.
WHITNEY MYERS

I've always been a thin girl. I'm not going to be fat, ever. Let's get that straight. Wh...
WHITNEY HOUSTON

Being able to put your blinders on, ignore negative opinions, and follow your strong intuition is wh...
WHITNEY WOLFE

If something happens, regardless of whether a casino is tribal- or state-owned, Southeast Kansas wou...
WHITNEY DAMRON

We have home repair loans available to very low income families. For example, a family of four can h...
WHITNEY WATTS

They're looking at him as the poster child for swimming (in Great Britain).
WHITNEY MYERS

Sometimes there is stuff you want to hear about. I wish I could filter out the other stuff, but I'd ...
STEVE WHITNEY

The more closed your network, the more you hear the same ideas over and again, reaffirming what you ...
WHITNEY JOHNSON

I remember my agent at ICM at the beginning of my career telling me that I wasn't pretty enough,...
WHITNEY CUMMINGS

I have so many girlfriends who are powerhouses: They have big careers, are fearless in traveling in ...
WHITNEY WOLFE

I just realized that the key to advertising can be summed up in one word: Bullshit.
WHITNEY G.

We're not using our front yard, but we're paying rent, so we turned it into a music venue.
DAVE WHITNEY

We've preached forever that we're going to lose out economically because we're losing the water, but...
DAVE WHITNEY

[Did that mean he agreed with Wyman's estimate that up to a quarter of the membership favored making...
WHEELOCK WHITNEY

There's been an escalating pattern of complaints, most of the later ones having to do with refunds.
FRANK WHITNEY

The consumer will be the last one to see any money in a bankruptcy court. All other creditors, inclu...
FRANK WHITNEY

She sat for at least three songs, just dangling there. She was hanging onto the rafters, sitting on ...
JAIME WHITNEY

When you make the decision to start something new, first figure out the jobs you want to do. Then po...
WHITNEY JOHNSON

We have found that a significant number of families have someone take a class to get the lower rate....
MARK WHITNEY

With the expansion and growth of our vital programs and services, we felt our web site needs to do m...
MARK WHITNEY

It was important for us to give the staff an opportunity to see the space, and it was a unique oppor...
MARK WHITNEY

We'll show them what we have to determine if they have any additional deaths that we didn't know abo...
MARK WHITNEY

Growing pigs is not a difficult thing to do--being able to do it profitably and make a living, howev...
MARK WHITNEY

I can make just such ones if I had tools, and I could make tools if I had tools to make them with.
ELI WHITNEY

He has a basic constitutional and human right to determine with whom his child visits.... As long as...
LAWRENCE WHITNEY

Government should not tell him who should visit his child or who should not visit the child.
LAWRENCE WHITNEY

One reason we are here is because we hope the strategic relationship will continue to grow.
LEE WHITNEY

We have one chance to do it right.
LEE WHITNEY

She got a big bucket late for us off the offensive board.
JEFF WHITNEY

Both teams battled out there. But we executed when we needed it in the last four minutes.
JEFF WHITNEY

The difference in this ball game was the free throws. You're not going to beat the No. 9 team in the...
JEFF WHITNEY

We did enough defensively to win that game. We just didn't do enough offensively.
JEFF WHITNEY

There is no threat to the town of Oracle. There are about 250 campers that were set to start in ther...
JEFF WHITNEY

We played Laura way too much. But we are a better team with her in the lineup. It hurts not having h...
JEFF WHITNEY

Both teams were in offensive rhythms. They were just more aggressive on defense and created havoc wi...
JEFF WHITNEY

It's going to be a very pivotal day for us. The threat still remains, but we continue to be very hop...
JEFF WHITNEY

We anticipate very, very tough conditions on the hill.
JEFF WHITNEY

We've got active fire in there right now. The danger to structures is as great now as it ever was .....
JEFF WHITNEY

[Campbell] was pretty sure by watching it that it wasn't your normal kind of spear, where there's a ...
RYAN WHITNEY

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.

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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.

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