No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance. Votes: 1
Ramana MaharshiI can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything. Votes: 1
William CareyWe owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight. Votes: 1
Milton BerleMany men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties. Votes: 0
Charles SpurgeonAh, what a grudge I owe physicians! what mummery is their art! Votes: 0
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de SevigneEverything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America. Votes: 0
Arnold SchwarzeneggerLife does not owe you anything, because life has already given you everything. Votes: 0
Ralph MarstonHold the Earth tightly and fondly because you owe your existence to the Earth! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanWe owe it to our past futile sacrifices to continue making further futile sacrifices. Votes: 0
Ashleigh BrilliantWe owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand. Votes: 0
Lady Randolph ChurchillIf I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith. Votes: 0
Robert Green IngersollI have rendered my country and people an enormous service. They owe me everything. Votes: 0
Mobutu Sese SekoLadies, like variegated tulips, show 'Tis to their changes half their charms we owe. Votes: 0
Alexander PopeI owe the discovery of Uqbar to the conjunction of a mirror and an encyclopedia. Votes: 0
Jorge Luis BorgesTo remove untouchability is a penance that caste Hindus owe to Hinduism and to themselves. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiI am probably exaggerating a little, but I owe my equilibrium to ink and paper. Votes: 0
Julien GreenThe World to Bacon does not only owe it's present knowledge, but its future too. Votes: 0
John DrydenI owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally. Votes: 0
David RockefellerTo what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives. Votes: 0
Oliver GoldsmithI believe we owe our young an education that captures the exhilarating drama of science. Votes: 0
Brian GreeneDuty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Votes: 0
Robert A. HeinleinPersonally I declare that I owe the Pope no other obedience than that to Antichrist. Votes: 0
Martin LutherNature is that lovely lady to whom we owe polio, leprosy, smallpox, syphilis, tuberculosis, cancer. Votes: 0
Stanley Norman CohenWhen the gratitude that many owe to one discards all modesty, then there is fame. Votes: 0
Friedrich NietzscheI'm looking into my past lives. I'm convinced some of them still owe me money." Votes: 0
Graham ParkeThe one thing we owe absolutely to God is never to be afraid of anything. Votes: 0
Charles de FoucauldTo owe an obligation to a worthy friend is a happiness, and can be no disparagement. Votes: 0
Pierre CharronI owe my success to expansion pitching, a short right field fence, and my hollow bats. Votes: 0
Norm CashI am supposed to owe the government something like $100 million. I couldn't squeeze out a dime. Votes: 0
Dennis KozlowskiI owe as much of my success to an uncompromising obstinacy as to any original ideas. Votes: 0
Albert EinsteinThe mind never fully accepts any convictions that it does not owe to its own efforts. Votes: 0
Frederic BastiatYou owe it to everyone you love to find pockets of tranquility in your busy world. Votes: 0
Georges BernanosWe owe the government taxes. We owe our creditors interest. What do these powers owe us? Votes: 0
Anna Deavere SmithI have no baggage in politics. I've never been a politician. I don't owe anybody anything. Votes: 0
Kevin O'LearyWhat we are in ourselves, and what we owe to others makes us a complete whole. Votes: 0
Dietrich BonhoefferTo death we owe our life; the passing of one generation opens a way for another. Votes: 0
Christian Nestell BoveeIt is hard to overstate the debt that we owe to men and women of genius. Votes: 0
Robert Green IngersollBillie and I did wonders for women's tennis. They owe me a piece of their checks. Votes: 0
Bobby RiggsAnd after all this time that you still owe, you're still a good-for nothing I don't know. Votes: 0
Gerard WaySometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause for envy. Votes: 0
Friedrich NietzscheWe owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder. Votes: 0
Andre MauroisI suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, what we owe to ourselves. Votes: 0
Barbara KingsolverYou owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving. Votes: 0
Michael JohnsonI don't owe my success to state subsidies but to a faithful public which has sustained me. Votes: 0
Eric RohmerThe universe doesn't owe us condolence or consolation; it doesn't owe us a nice warm feeling inside. Votes: 0
Richard DawkinsWhat a blessing this smoking is! Perhaps the greatest that we owe to the discovery of America. Votes: 0
Arthur HelpsI told the Inland Revenue I didn't owe them a penny because I lived near the seaside. Votes: 0
Ken DoddI owe the baby my life. I owe this baby everything and I have a responsibility now. Votes: 0
Nicole RichieI think I owe it to myself and my fans in Britain to play one more Wimbledon. Votes: 0
Goran IvanisevicTo whom do I owe the first apology? No one's been crueler than I've been to me. Votes: 0
Alanis MorissetteHow could we [the world] have stood by and let that happen to them? We owe them. Votes: 0
Carroll S. Walsh, Jr.The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story for them. Votes: 0
Czeslaw MiloszA guy who makes a new chair doesn't owe money to everyone who ever built a chair. Votes: 0
Mark ZuckerbergI will never forget the debt we owe to those who have fought to keep America safe. Votes: 0
Tom UdallWe do not owe any soul, except that which played the most vital role in our lives. Votes: 0
Michael BasseyI told the Inland Revenue I didn't owe them a penny because I lived near the seaside Votes: 0
Ken DoddNo matter how politely one says it, we owe our existence to the farts of blue-green algae. Votes: 0
Diane AckermanAs leaders, we owe it to every employee to let them know where they stand in the organization. Votes: 0
Jack WelchWe owe to our Mother-Country the Duty of Subjects but will not pay her the Submission of Slaves. Votes: 0
George MasonYou do not owe anyone your time. When you realize that, others will respect your time much more. Votes: 0
Martha BeckYou owe dough? You ain't give up that cheese? Hey... Sooner or later, you'll Pay, Pal (no eBay). Votes: 0
Joell OrtizWe owe a lot to the Internet, for introducing people to technology and virtual space and what not. Votes: 0
Frank PearceI copied everything I did in Galaxy Quest from Bill Paxton in Aliens, I owe him some credit. Votes: 0
Sam RockwellI live by the mercy of Jesus, to whom I owe everything and from whom I expect everything. Votes: 0
Pope John XXIIIAnd I think if you're going to be with somebody, you owe it to them to show yourself. Votes: 0
Chris CrutcherAll of us have to recognize that we owe our children more than we have been giving them. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonMy mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. Votes: 0
George WashingtonTo myself alone do I owe my fame. [Fr., Je ne dois qu'a moi seul toute ma renommee.] Votes: 0
Pierre CorneilleI don't owe no one no obligation, and no one owe me none so every 'ting is fine. Votes: 0
Peter ToshIf you happen to pass by 84 Charing Cross Road, kiss it for me? I owe it so much. Votes: 0
Helene HanffThe only place I've found peace in my life is in church. I owe my life to God. Votes: 0
Darryl StrawberryHow kind you are, North Wind!''I am only just. All kindness is but justice. We owe it. Votes: 0
George MacDonaldI think you owe it to your kids to teach them how to cook - you know, self-survival. Votes: 0
Tom DouglasThe only people I owe an apology to are my dead parents. Except my father because he's still alive. Votes: 0
Chelsea HandlerI think money is pretty straightforward. Get some money in; pay off what you owe, the rest is yours. Votes: 0
LemarWe owe it to our kids to inform them and train them how to think, not what to think. Votes: 0
James RandiYou owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life. Votes: 0
Pete RoseThere is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best. Votes: 0
Joe DiMaggioI owe 'Jericho' my whole time in America, really. It was a fantastic group of people to work with. Votes: 0
Lennie JamesI owe a lot to my dad, just for having provided the wrestling business for us to get into. Votes: 0
Owen HartThe less money you owe, the less income you'll need and the less you'll have to save for tomorrow. Votes: 0
Suze OrmanI give everything I have to give on the screen. I feel I don't owe the public anything else. Votes: 0
Emmanuelle BeartIt shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much. Votes: 0
Marcus Tullius CiceroI belong to the public. The public made me. The public can break me. I owe them my life. Votes: 0
Mickey RooneyI owe everything to golf. Where else could a guy with an IQ like mine make this much money? Votes: 0
Hubert GreenI owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time. Votes: 0
Horatio NelsonI probably owe as much to Jeff Beck as I do to Son House with connections to the blues. Votes: 0
Billy GibbonsTo forgive freely, is what we owe to our enemy; to forget not, is what we owe to ourselves. Votes: 0
Amelia BarrWe are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty. Votes: 0
Gilbert K. ChestertonI owe everything that I have done to the fact that I am very much at ease being alone. Votes: 0
Marilynne RobinsonEverything I have in this world, I owe to the sport of boxing, and I won't ever forget that. Votes: 0
Oscar De La HoyaBump in my hoopty hoopty hoop. I own that. And I aint payin my rent this month. I owe that. Votes: 0
Nicki MinajWe owe our World War II veterans - and all our veterans - a debt we can never fully repay. Votes: 0
Doc HastingsYou owe it to your inner-self to never allow your past to take the place of your present or future. Votes: 0
Edmond MbiakaIf you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. But if you owe a million, it has. Votes: 0
John Maynard KeynesYou can call me 10 times a day to pay this bill but, I do not owe your company any money. Votes: 0
Jon JonesWe are all citizens of the world and we owe it to the world to make it a better place. Votes: 0
Chinonye J. ChidolueI feel like I owe my audience something. They feed my kids. And I really like my job, a lot. Votes: 0
Steve EarleA penny saved is not a penny earned if at the end of the day you still owe a quarter. Votes: 0
Mary LandrieuThe chief service I owe you, O God, is that every thought and word of mine should speak of you. Votes: 0
Hilary of PoitiersI publish my own books, so there isn't a certain editor I owe the book to at a publishing house. Votes: 0
Dave EggersI'm not going to pay this bill. I don't owe you any money. You do what you got to do! Votes: 0
Jon JonesIf I owe you a pound, I have a problem; but if I owe you a million, the problem is yours Votes: 0
John Maynard KeynesIf your heart, head and gut are telling you the same thing, then you owe it to yourself to chase it. Votes: 0
Marc BlucasI owe my life to blood donors. They went out, rolled up a sleeve and gave me another chance at life. Votes: 0
Niki TaylorMy prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot; for I owe my conscience to no mortal man. Votes: 0
William PennI don't owe people anything, and I don't have to talk to them any more than I feel I need to. Votes: 0
Ned VizziniI owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person. Votes: 0
Willie StargellI want to be the perfect child. I owe so much to my parents and the way I was brought up. Votes: 0
Leonardo DiCaprioI will not be revenged, and this I owe to my enemy; but I will remember, and this I owe to myself. Votes: 0
Charles Caleb ColtonThe folks I read as a kid really set me up. I owe a huge debt to Ray Bradbury and Madeleine L'Engle. Votes: 0
Karen RussellI donât like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch. Votes: 0
B. B. KingWhat I am, what I have, what I am going to leave behind me - all this I owe to the game of baseball. Votes: 0
Babe RuthEven if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free. Votes: 2 Mary J. Blige
I spent money, and I kept thinking, 'I get one more movie and I'll wipe these bills out,' but that movie never came. That black pride, I said, 'Man, I'm going to hang in there, I'm going to pay these bills.' So you owe a million dollars. 'I can pay that.' OK, fines, fees, now you owe two and a half million. 'But I didn't do nothin'!' Votes: 1 Sinbad
If you've been running a business for 38 years, you're approaching your 66th birthday, you've never owed a man a penny or done anyone any grievance in your life, and you feel hard done-by and try to protect yourself and your family, but go to prison, well if that's the society we're living in, I'm happy to accept that. Votes: 1 Sean Quinn