World Owes Quotes

32 quotes by 26 authors

No words can express how much the world owes to sorrow. Most of the Psalms were born in the wilderness. Most of the Epistles were… — George MacDonald
If successful people have one common trait, it's an utter lack of cynicism. The world owes them nothing. They go out and find what they… — Unknown Author
Only if you have some knowledge of the human sacrifices, the vicious temple rites, the degrading superstitions and customs that were practiced . . .… — Carlton J. H. Hayes
This world owes all its forward impulses to people ill at ease. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living generally find that the world pays its 'debt' in the… — William Graham Sumner
The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world. — Thomas A. Edison
Don't be misled into believing that somehow the world owes you a living. The boy who believes that his parents, or the government, or any… — David Sarnoff
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. — Sacagawea
Almost all the civil liberty now enjoyed in the world owes its origin to the principles of the christian religion. — Noah Webster
I now find peace in the realization that countless potential masterpieces happen each moment the world over and go unphotographed. The world owes a great… — Dan Winters
There is too little idea of personal responsibility; too much of "the world owes me a living," forgetting that if the world does owe you… — Theodore Newton Vail
It's not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living and that things are free. — William Weld
It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't… — Henry Ford
The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Smart, well-meaning people get it wrong when they start believing that the world owes them something and that the rules are different for them. — Guy Kawasaki
I think these days a lot of the younger generation feels that the world owes them something. But you've got to get off your backside… — Jay Kay
I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every… — John D. Rockefeller
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. — Mark Twain
From now on, I'm not doing anything I don't want to do! The world owes me happiness, fulfillment and success.... I'm just here to cash… — Bill Watterson

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