Whitney M. Young Quotes

Really, what education does is it gives opportunity, but it also gives hope.

Education is the greatest factor in the upward climb of any person or people.

If there is still an American dream, reading is one of the bootstraps by which we can all pull ourselves up.

The mantra I grew up with was that no matter where you came from, hard work and education could set you free.

Dreams do come true, but not without the help of others, a good education, a strong work ethic, and the courage to lean in.

Get off your bottom and be the stand, and do the work you can to pursue the American Dream for yourself, and help others to do the same.

I expect if you are going to come out of the shadows, then you're going to want to have some type of hope in the future that you're going to improve your life and, yes, accomplish that American Dream.

We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.

My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life.

Hard work and a good education will take you further than any government program.

Education is everything - education is your power, education is your way in life for whatever you want to do.

Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.

The aristocracy in the future is not one of wealth or university education, but the aristocracy of the men who have done something for themselves and their fellow men.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

Education brings about opportunity, and in turn inspiration.

The son of the coarsest man in the country, if he attends to his learning may become President.

People are beginning to realize that education is power, that education is money, that education is an opportunity.

America is still the land of opportunity, and hard work is still a pathway to success.

The American dream has always been about chasing opportunity and pursuing a brighter future for ourselves and our children.

You can't just shuffle people around like they're deck chairs on a ship. You have to help them change their lives, and you have to give them the requisite resources to do so.

There are 320 million American dreams. Go get yours.

The U.S. is where I was given the greatest opportunity to turn my life from a very nice one to an exceptional one.

I want all Egyptian people to follow my way to improve themselves. We are a huge country. We have many children. I want everyone to dream and feel they can do something.

When you have an education, you can make anything happen.

Every person has to keep in mind that they can grow up and reach the top, no matter where they are born, whether it's in Russia, in Ukraine, in Europe; they've still got the opportunity to show their talent and the culture of their people.