"MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES FOR TEENS"
SUBMITTED BY TEENS
"It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are."
Unknown --- Sent in by Ellen A., Age 17 --- New York
"Concentrate on where you want to go, not on what you fear."
Anthony Robbins --- Sent in by Chris D., Age 18 --- Alberta, Canada
"For those who think that life is a pillow-- go ahead and sleep.
What is life if it's not to take risks? "
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Katie, Age 17 --- New Jersey
"Christians aren't perfect , just forgiven."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Tina P., Age 17 --- South Africa
"Without heroes, we are all plain people
And don't know how far we can go."
Bernard Malamud --- Sent in by Vince, Age 18 --- Pennsylvania
"The first step towards change is acceptance.
Once you accept yourself, you open the door to change.
That's all you have to do.
Change is not something you do, it's something you allow."
Will Gracia --- Sent in by Amanda G., Age 16 --- Ohio
"There are light bearers in this world;
People who carry warmth and brightness inside
And shine a little of it on everyone they know.
They bring the light of laughter to a stressful situation.
In times of confusion, they shine the light of peace.
In word and deed, they radiate compassion.
In heart and soul, they glow with the light of love."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Raelynn, Age 16 --- Pennsylvania
"Be yourself - who else is better qualified?"
Frank J. Giblin II --- Sent in by Stephanie K., Age 17 --- Nebraska
"Yesterday has become but a memory.
Tomorrow is but a hopeful vision.
Today is a present of time.
To embrace the irreplaceable gift of the here and now,
Celebrate life moment by moment."
Gail Goodwin --- Submitted by Candace W., Age 16 --- Pennsylvania
"Life is like one of those little packets of sugar they have in restaurants.
Sweet when taken in slowly, but makes you gag
When too much is taken in at a time."
Nikki D., Age 15 --- Wisconsin
"A smile is the key to your heart; love is the door which you open."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Yvette H., Age 15 --- Melbourne, Australia
"Someone's opinion of you does not have to be your reality."
Les Brown --- Sent in by John, Age 18 --- Wisconsin
"When there was nothing
There was always the possibility
Of something becoming what it is."
Ani Difranco --- Sent in by Toby, Age 17 --- British Columbia, Canada
"To be without dreams is to be without hope
To be without hope is to be without purpose."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Katey W., Age 15 --- Wisconsin
"The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us
And we see nothing but the sand;
The angels come to visit us,
And we only know them when they are gone."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Katie, Age 17 --- New Jersey
"To believe in something that is not really there
Is to believe in a miracle.
But to believe in something that is there,
Which we are unable to see,
Has more power and life!!
Believe in God. Become a Christian."
Melissa Y., Age 13 --- Kentucky
"Are you afraid no one loves you?
Because I was told that people really do love each other.
They just get confused and forget how to let each other know."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Erin, Age 15 --- Missouri
"Real champions fight back.
Don't let adversity stop you from becoming
What you know you can achieve."
Matt, Age 18 --- Ohio
"Find yourself before you find another."
Told to me by my friend Megan --- Sent in by Lacey G., Age 15 --- California
"Never trust the future, never miss the past.
If you live for the shining moment,
Then that moment may just last."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Lisa, Age 14
"Suck the marrow out of life; but don't choke on the bone."
Prof. Keatting- Dead Poets Society --- Sent in by Elizabeth B., Age 18 --- Kentucky
--- Source of quote provided by Rachel P., Age 16 --- Michigan --- 1/13/03
"Be Me.
Be Here.
Be Now."
An Unknown wise man --- Submitted by Carrie M., Age 17 --- New Jersey
"The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything,
They just make the best of everything."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lauryn, Age 13 --- Massachusetts
"The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all."
From the movie Mulan --- Sent in by M.P., Age 16 --- Texas
--- Source of quote provided by Lexie R., --- Florida
"No distance of place or lapse of time
Can lessen the friendship of those
Who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth."
Robert Southey --- Sent in by Whitney, Age 14 --- Georgia
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
Albert Einstein --- Sent in by Charlette S., Age 17 --- Maryland
"On the road to an accomplishment
You come across a stumbling block.
Do you stop and make a wall out of it?
No! Unless, of course, your goal
Is a house in the middle of the road."
Carrie Kay G., Age 16 --- Texas
"A Father's a treasure; a Brother's a comfort; a Friend is both."
Unknown --- Submitted by T.A., Age 13
"He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool, shun him;
He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is a child, teach him;
He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep, wake him;
He who knows, and knows that he knows, is wise, follow him."
Persian Proverb --- Sent in by Mary P., Age 17 --- South Carolina
"Things are only impossible until they're not."
Barry W., Age 16 --- Virginia
"Love is above all the gift of oneself."
Jean Anouilh --- Sent in by Jetta S., Age 15
"Get action.
Do things; be sane.
Don't fritter away your time...
Take a place wherever you are and be somebody;
Get action."
Theodore Roosevelt --- Sent in by Rebecca D., Age 14 --- Mississippi
"You can't runaway from your troubles.
There ain't no place that far."
My grandmother --- Sent in by Robert, Age 19
"Don't look at yourself through other peoples eyes."
Nick P., Age 16 --- New Jersey
"Learn it, use it, but don't abuse it,
Because a little Respect,
Just might take you a long way."
Chris, Age 18 --- Arizona
"Hope. . . this is a word that lightens the heart
And gives courage today to help face tomorrow."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Jennifer, Age 16 --- California
"Choose your friends by their character
And your socks by their color.
Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense,
And choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable."
Unknown --- Sent in by Amanda G., Age 16 --- Ohio
"The only thing that I fear is fear itself,
Everyone should keep their heads high
And set goals in which to achieve.
You have to set your heart on the goal
And give all you can to reach the goal.
If you do not succeed in reaching your goal just think to yourself
I may not have succeeded, but I surely did not fail!"
Lacy D., Age 18 --- Texas
"Healing is a matter of time,
But it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity."
D'Avenant proverb --- Sent in by Rebecca S., Age 14 --- Florida
"What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore -
and then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat
Or crust and sugar over-
Like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
LIke a heavy load.
Or does it explode?"
Langston Hughes --- Sent in by Santina H., Age 19 --- Virginia
One night I had a wondrous dream,
one sent of footprints there were seen....
The footprints of my precious Lord,
but mine were not along the shore...
But then some stranger prints appeared,
and I asked the Lord, "what have we here?"
Those prints are large and round and neat,
"But Lord, they are too big for feet."
"My child," he said in somber tones,
"For miles I carried you alone,
I challenged you to walk in faith,
but you refused and made me wait.
You disobeyed, you would not grow,
the walk of faith you would not know.
So I got tired, I got fed up,
and there I dropped you, on your butt."
"Because in life, there comes a time,
when one must fight and one must climb.
When one must rise and take a stand,
or leave their butt prints in the sand."
Author Unknown --- Sent in By Kathy, Age 17 --- Washington
"The highest reward for a person's toil
Is not what they get for it,
But what they become by it."
John Ruskin --- Sent in by Nathanael S., Age 17 --- Iowa
"Kindness is like jelly.
No matter how much you spread,
You'll always get some."
Author Unknown --- Sent by Denise G., Age 16 --- New Brunswick, Canada
"Anger is the crazy glue that keeps you stuck in life."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Veronica H., Age 13 --- New Jersey
"Those who gossip to you, gossip about you."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Gen, Age 16 --- Illinois
"Those who most fear to die are those who most fear to live."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Sarah, Age 16 --- Michigan
"You are never given a dream
Without also being given the power
To make it come true."
Richard Bach --- Sent in by Sabrina A., Age 18 --- Iowa
"If you're talking you're not listening.
If you're not listening you're not learning."
My Grandfather --- Sent in by Jennifer C., Age 17 --- New York
"Never believe the things you hear,
And halfway believe the things you see."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Cody E., Age 15 --- Georgia
NO EASY ROAD
"If you're looking for the easy road
You might be wasting your time.
To reach the most meaningful goals in life
You've got steep hills to climb.
If you're looking for the lazy way
One thing that you will find,
Is that success will never come,
Without some daily grind.
If you're looking for easy wealth,
Look somewhere else instead,
Within yourself for energy
To earn your daily bread.
The path to greatness you can't tread,
Without some heavy load;
So work your hardest-and your best-
There is no easy road."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Sara, Age 15 --- Nebraska
"If everything is coming your way,
You're probably on a one way street."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Laura B., Age 15 --- Tennessee
"Got a question about life?
Love is the answer.
It finds a way
always."
Jared O., Age 19 --- Pennsylvania
"There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend."
Socrates --- Sent in by Raelynn, Age 16 --- Pennsylvania
Afraid
"When I saw you, I was afraid to talk to you.
When I talked to you, I was afraid to like you.
When I liked you, I was afraid to kiss you.
When I kissed you, I was afraid to love you.
And now that I love you, I'm afraid to lose you."
Ashlee Hawkins --- Sent in by Tamara L., Age 15 --- Oregon
--- Author's name supplied by Kali, Age 14 --- Michigan
"The more you put steel through fire, the stronger it gets."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by KK, Age 16 --- New York
"If you continue in the same direction,
Down the right path in life,You will eventually get what you have been wishing for."
Jennifer T., Age 14 --- Bahamas
"Life is a rope which can be frayed and knotted along the way.
It can lead you in so many directions, so many opportunities,
As long as you keep a grasp."
Allison S., Age 16 --- Ohio