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Top 10 Whitney M. Young Quotes (2025 Update)

Whitney M. Young Quote: “It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.”

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

— Whitney M. Young

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Whitney M. Young Quote: “Stretch your mind and fly.”

2. “Stretch your mind and fly.”

— Whitney M. Young

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Whitney M. Young Quote: “The hardest work in the world is being out of work.”

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

— Whitney M. Young

Whitney M. Young Quote: “I am not anxious to be the loudest voice or the most popular. But I would like to think that at a crucial moment, I was an effective voice of the voiceless, an effective hope of the hopeless.”

4. “I am not anxious to be the loudest voice or the most popular. But I would like to think that at a crucial moment, I was an effective voice of the voiceless, an effective hope of the hopeless.”

— Whitney M. Young

Whitney M. Young Quote: “Every man is our brother, and every man’s burden is our own. Where poverty exists, all are poorer. Where hate flourishes, all are corrupted. Where injustice reins, all are unequal.”

5. “Every man is our brother, and every man’s burden is our own. Where poverty exists, all are poorer. Where hate flourishes, all are corrupted. Where injustice reins, all are unequal.”

— Whitney M. Young

Whitney M. Young Quote: “Black Power simply means: Look at me, I’m here. I have dignity. I have pride. I have roots. I insist, I demand that I participate in those decisions that affect my life and the lives of my children. It means that I am somebody.”

6. “Black Power simply means: Look at me, I’m here. I have dignity. I have pride. I have roots. I insist, I demand that I participate in those decisions that affect my life and the lives of my children. It means that I am somebody.”

— Whitney M. Young

Whitney M. Young Quote: “No race has a monopoly on vice or virtue, and the worth of an individual is not related to the color of his skin.”

7. “No race has a monopoly on vice or virtue, and the worth of an individual is not related to the color of his skin.”

— Whitney M. Young

Whitney M. Young Quote: “We create an environment where it is alright to hate, to steal, to cheat, and to lie if we dress it up with symbols of respectability, dignity and love.”

8. “We create an environment where it is alright to hate, to steal, to cheat, and to lie if we dress it up with symbols of respectability, dignity and love.”

— Whitney M. Young

Whitney M. Young Quote: “You can holler, protest, march, picket and demonstrate, but somebody must be able to sit in on the strategy conferences and plot a course. There must be strategies, the researchers, the professionals to carry out the program. That’s our role.”

9. “You can holler, protest, march, picket and demonstrate, but somebody must be able to sit in on the strategy conferences and plot a course. There must be strategies, the researchers, the professionals to carry out the program. That’s our role.”

— Whitney M. Young

Whitney M. Young Quote: “Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed.”

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

— Whitney M. Young

Whitney M. Young Quote: “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.”

11. “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 M. Young

Whitney M. Young Quote: “Liberalism seems to be related to the distance people are from the problem.”

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

— Whitney M. Young

Whitney M. Young Quote: “Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.”

13. “Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.”

— Whitney M. Young

Whitney M. Young Quote: “The unhealthy gap between what we preach in America and what we often practice creates a moral dry rot that eats at the very foundation of our democratic ideals and values.”

14. “The unhealthy gap between what we preach in America and what we often practice creates a moral dry rot that eats at the very foundation of our democratic ideals and values.”

— Whitney M. Young

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