Andrew Young

I have committed my life to helping the poor, and I believe that if more companies followed Wal-Mart's lead in providing opportunity and savings to those who need it most, more Americans battling poverty would realize the American dream. ”

I've been dyslexic and had Attention Deficit Disorder at some time in my life. I still read with a highlighter, but I've always loved to read. ”

You have to start living for something that's worth dying for. ”

If you're a preacher, you talk for a living, so even if you don't make sense, you learn to make nonsense eloquently. ”

Influence is like a savings account. The less you use it, the more you've got. ”

Affirmative action is an effort to include every aspect of society in the decision making. ”

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. ”

Most of my teachers wanted to send me to the principal's office. But my fourth-grade teacher once put her arms around me and said, 'You sure write well.' And I've had good penmanship until this day. She was the only one who ever said anything nice to me. That's the kind of motivation that students need. ”

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

It stands to reason that unloved and unwanted children are going to get into crime. ”