"MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES FOR TEENS"
SUBMITTED BY TEENS
"Teamwork means that we share a common ideal,
Embrace a common goal.
Regardless of our differences, we strive shoulder to shoulder,
Confident in one another's faith, trust, and commitment.
In the end, teamwork can be summed up in five short words....
We believe in each other."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kara D., Age 15 --- Massachusetts
"No guts, no glory, end of story!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jen Y., Age 16 --- California
"Hey --critic!
Remember the human condition.
We're all entitled to bad days, bad times, and poor outings.
I've had my share.
It makes us appreciate the good ones."
Dr. Wilshire --- Submitted by Jen M., Age 17 --- Pennsylvania
--- We Love you Doc Wilshire! Your Senior Academy!!
"I never know what is success until I achieve it."
Copyright © 2000 Rowel Nuestro
"If your mind is clouded with dark thoughts,
How can you see the light?"
Chad T., Age 17 --- Oregon
"Anyone can be good at something.
Don't be afraid to be great!"
A great coach --- Submitted by Heather K., Age 16 --- Pennsylvania
"I visualized where I wanted to be,
What kind of player I wanted to become.
I knew exactly where I wanted to go,
And I focused on getting there."
Michael Jordan --- Submitted by J.G., Age 15 --- Alabama
"Follow your heart enough that you don't have regrets,
Use your head enough that you don't get hurt."
Copyright © 2000 Shawn Gaffney
"Let your smile be someone else's rainbow;
A reassuring curve to brighten the world after a storm."
Christine K., Age 17 --- New York
"You spend twelve years of your life trying to learn how to live, but every time you try to live in those twelve years you're told you're wrong. Then everyone you've grown to love is taken away, and scattered. That's what they should teach you. How to say good-bye and let go."
Hannah A., Age 14 --- Georgia
"Be proud to be a winner!
But never forget to be proud of all the winners around you!"
Janelle B., Age 13 --- Alberta, Canada
"It all starts with YOU and YOUR heart!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Samantha S., Age 15 --- Ohio
"We love because it is the only true adventure in life."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ashley R., Age 15 --- California
"Do something because you want to,
Not because you can!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by M.S., Age 15 --- Alberta, Canada
"If you make a reasonable goal,
Then inch by inch, and day by day,
If you work hard enough
You can achieve anything."
Meredith M., Age 13 --- Alabama
"I've learned that no matter how many cloudy days there are in your life, the sun will eventually shine, a smile will form on your face and love will enter your heart. Hurt is a lesson that maybe we all should be taught. It only makes us stronger for the next cloudy day in our life, and it helps us appreciate the sunny days as they come and go."
Copyright © 2000 Shawna Pickle
"There are only two things in this world that can get you to the top,
And that is money and sheer determination.
But I can guarantee you that only one will keep you there."
Copyright © 2000 Amanda Dungan
"I've made my share of mistakes and bad decisions.
But when it comes down to it, at the end of the day,
I'm all I've got; so I don't beat myself up about it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Valerie L., Age 18 --- Pennsylvania
"I can and I will."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mat D., Age 18 --- Wales, United Kingdom
"You cannot love someone until you learn to love yourself."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Yaimi J., Age 15 --- Texas
"You'll never know the answer
If you never ask the question!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shari H., Age 14 --- New York
"Take care of your parents' treasure;
Yourself!"
Tristan D., Age 17 --- Florida
"If you don't know where you're going
You'll probably end up somewhere else."
Author Unknown
--- Submitted by Eduardo E., Age 12 --- San Salvador, El Salvador
"If I can, I will.
If I cannot, I will try."
Copyright © 2000 Toby R. Gibson
"You can't chase down a dream while looking back."
Copyright © 2000 Allison Brabec
"If you're afraid to fail,
You're never going to achieve."
Kobe Bryant --- Submitted by Samantha N., Age 14 --- California
"Speak when your angry
And you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sue T., Age 15 --- Ohio
"No matter how bad it is or it seems,
Life always goes on.
Things get better.
Keep your head up, and smile."
Copyright © 2000 Jamie Lynn Ault
"Genius is the capacity to see ten things
When the average man only sees one."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Cait R., Age 14 --- Massachusetts
"Success is not an accident, but a choice."
Copyright © 2000 Josh Kuenzel
Materialism:
" Too often we are defined by our possessions and we flaunt them drawing the false interest of others who are not genuinely interested in us. In this we are hiding our real selves, our motives, our ambitions. Only a brave person will present their true nature first and be judged by that."
Jonny K --- Saskatchewan, Canada
"Promise only what you can deliver
Then deliver more than you promised."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Andrew C., Age 15 --- Georgia
"When things get rough, the quitters quit and the winners forge ahead."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ian K., Age 17 --- Michigan
"Bend is better than break."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Maunil D., Age 18 --- Gu, India
"You're not alone, because everybody's out there on their own."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Isabel C., Age 14 --- United Kingdom
"Life is like a bowl of cheerios;
You may get pushed down
But you will always pop back up!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.N., Age 17 --- Virginia
"Today is the greatest day of your life
Because yesterday is gone, and tomorrow is not here yet."
Author Unknown but said by my coach
--- Submitted by Heather D., Age 17 --- Alaska
"Best friends shouldn't be called your best friends,
They should be called brothers and sisters."
Copyright © 2000 Sylvester Du
"Writing opens the soul to boundaries untold."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sonja T., Age 17 --- Massachusetts
"You cannot spend your life walking through a dream,
Eventually you have to step into reality."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Crystal G., Age 17 --- Kentucky
"How do you know you've really ever lived
If you have never taken a chance?
I will not die without the scars to prove that I once lived."
Copyright © 2000 Cameron Duggan
"Build a bridge and get over it!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by N.H., Age 18 --- Georgia
"Maturity eventually grows into every person's life, though, each person at a different time. That person may notrealize they have matured until they look back at their pointless lies, deceits, & the childish way they'vetalked behind people's backs every moment they had a chance. When maturity has hit you hard, you'll realizewhat friends are, what families are, what life is."
Copyright © 2000 Michelle Thompson
"What makes a winner is a person who tries, what makes a loser is a person who does not try. You arealways a winner if you try, you become a loser if you give up. Give it your all and you will succeed."
Copyright © 2000 Maria Perez
"You should always have dreams to fall back on
When reality becomes too harsh."
Kelly S., Age 18 --- Nova Scotia, Canada
"The race is not always for the swiftest
But for those that keep on running."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Michael W., Age 15 --- Connecticut
"All stars know they shine.
The brightest, however, worked to glow."
Copyright © 2000 Lisa Hazen
"Nothing short of everything is ever really enough."
Aldous Huxley --- Submitted by Rachael M., Age 14 --- Indiana
"When I'm down, I look up and think
There's no star I can't pursue.
When I'm up, I look down and think
There's no ground I can't step on."
Copyright © 2000 Nurvitria Mumpuni Arti
"Winners make things happen.
Losers let things happen."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Erica S., Age 16 --- A.C.T, Australia
"Work harder than the rest,
Always try to do your best,
Because HARD WORK is the KEY to SUCCESS."
Copyright © 2000 Jyotsna Gautama
"Do you love? Do you hate? Do you feel pain?
Close your eyes, so I may see you.
Open your heart so that I may love you.
Feel my pain as I feel yours.
For after all, are not all swimming in the same direction?
It is only that some of us have forgotten how to fly."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ash B., Age 16 --- Dublin, Ireland
"The secret to life is to start from scratch and keep on scratching."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Leanne P., Age 17 --- California
"Even the lowly woodpecker owes his success
To the fact that he uses his head."
Joe Marcucci --- Submitted by Rachel L., Age 17 --- Pennsylvania
"Those who dance are considered crazy by the ones who can't hear it."
George Carlin --- Submitted by Chris J., Age 16 --- Pennsylvania
"In a world where you can be anything,
Be YOURSELF!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Liz W., Age 16 --- Rhode Island
"When you feel like there's no hope
Or you can't see the light at the end of the tunnel,
Just hold on for a second longer.
Because it's in that second, that miraculous things can happen."
Jessica N., Age 14 --- Pennsylvania
"Everyone thinks about the future when yet,
We haven't even figured out the present."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bridget D., Age 14 --- Kentucky
"To be a good runner you have to be two things:
Your toughest critic and your biggest fan."
Coach L. --- Submitted by J. N., Age 15 --- Pennsylvania
"Many people look up at the stars wishing they could own one.
A champion looks up, wishes, then climbs a mountain and grabs one."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Claire Q., Age 15 --- Victoria, Australia
"Don't ever call yourself weak.
For when you think you are the weakest,
Your true strength helps you through it all."
Copyright © 2000 Sohini Chaudhuri
"Know the value of time.
Snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.R., Age 18 --- Pennsylvania
"Stay awake, but don't ever stop dreaming!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Carrie D., Age 14 --- Kent, United Kingdom
"The key to taking a stand is having a made up mind."
Copyright © 2000 Terry Jones
"When you reach for the stars, you may not get one,
But you won't come up with a handful of mud either."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Di S., Age 18 --- Colorado
"The impossible dream isn't. It's when you give up the possible it becomes impossible and it's you own creation.You don't make things possible, God does. It takes human error to make them SEEM impossible like mountainsthat no one has ever over come. But be the one willing to bet that it's because no one has ever tried. Be theone to start something for a change, and not just the one to follow."
Copyright © 2000 Jessica Miller
"The question to why, is why not?"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by David C., Age 14 --- West Virginia
"Time passes in moments. Moments which, rushing past, define the path of a life just as surely as they leadtowards it's end. How rarely do we stop to examine that path, to see the reasons why all things happen, toconsider whether the path we take in life is our own making or simply one into which we drift with eyesclosed? But what if we could stop, pause to take stock of each precious moment before it passes? Might wethen see the endless forks in the road that have shaped a life? And seeing those choices, choose anotherpath?"
Scully from X-files --- Submitted by Rachael M., Age 14 --- Indiana
"If you keep looking back at the past,
You might trip over the present and fall on the future."
Copyright © 2000 Josh Roth
"Retreat does not mean defeat,
It's the preparation for the next battle."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.B., Age 16 --- Albay, Philippines
"Live once,
Die once,
Make this a good one.
Don't take drugs!"
Shyamendren, Age 18 --- Selangor, Malaysia
"Everyone has talents, you just have to find them inside.
And when you do, you will soar!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by C. A., Age 13 --- Utah
"Love is two people smiling with their eyes closed and their hearts open."
Copyright © 2000 Jamy Anderson
"If the littlest things make people's days,
Then why is it that the world is so angry?
All it would take is one hello or one smile a day
And the world might not change,
But it would sure turn more peacefully."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Karissa T., Age 16 --- California
"For all young people in love:
It may be called puppy love...but it's real to the puppy."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Michael A., Age 16 --- California
"Living your life without focus is only existing."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by E.W., Age 14 --- Iowa
"Never underestimate the future."
Sheena Joseph --- Submitted by Sarah B., Age 15 --- Iowa
"Your life is like a bucket in a pool
To fill up your bucket
Is to meet all the requirements of your education
To over flood the bucket is to expand your knowledge
Fill it up til there is a pool
So everyone can jump into what you have learned."
Copyright © 2000 Tommy Tam
"Remember this:
Every decision you make stems from what you think you are,
And represents the you put upon yourself."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tammy-Jade V., Age 14 --- Trinidad and Tobago
"Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand."
L. Aldin Porter --- Submitted by Diana B., Age 18 --- Massachusetts
"People aren't perfect. Never were, never will be. Therefore, everyone has faults. Sometimes you have to lookpast the imperfections to find the heart of a person. It isn't always easy, but everyone has a little perfectiongrowing inside. You just have to dig a little deeper."
Anne Marie J., Age 14 --- New York
"Be your own person because after all,
It's not everyone else, but yourself that you have to live with."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Megan S., Age 15 --- Maryland
"If enough people bang their heads against a brick wall,
The brick wall will fall down."
Ashleigh Brilliant --- Submitted by Nell M., Age 14 --- NT, Australia
"A swing is only freedom on a leash."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rachel P., Age 15 --- Nova Scotia, Canada
"Failure is a part of life. What you have to realize is that if you learn from your failures, then you can goanywhere you want to go and be whoever you want to be."
Copyright © 2000 Brent McCracken
"Action without thought is fatal, and thought without action is futile."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Paul C., Age 16 --- Victoria, Australia
I was once asked why I wanted my dreams so badly.
I simply replied, "Because I was told I couldn't have them."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by K.L., Age 16 --- Indiana
"Hope is what you live on while you wait for your dreams to come true."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Caroline Q., Age 16 --- New York
"Expect nothing, and you will see everything."
Copyright © 1999 T. Travers
"May there always be work for you hands to do;
May your purse always hold a coin or two;
May the sun always shine on your window pane;
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain;
May the hand of a friend always be near you;
And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you."
An Irish Blessing --- Submitted by Stephanie P., Age 16 --- Virginia
"Life is not worth living if you never use your heart to guide you.
Without it, you are going on a journey without a map."
Copyright © 2000 Holly Gray
"I've learned that life isn't always a bowl of cherries. It's not even half. Sometimes life just hands you a bowl, andit's up to you to fill it up how you want, and with what you want. It's up to you. It always will be."
Kimberly S., Age 13 --- Florida
"Try and use your imagination everyday.
It's the only way to get out of the harsh reality that faces us everyday."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.C., Age 16 --- Ontario, Canada
"Being a leader is like being a lady.
If you have to tell everyone you are, you probably are not!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Abbie W., Age 16 --- Missouri
"Friends are your only way out of reality,
But your Family is the only way back in,
So keep them both and cherish them forever!"
Copyright © 1999 Abby Brynn Gortney
"I dream of the perfect person,
Yet I cannot realize he is right in front of me."
A. Fritsch --- Submitted by Amanda F., Age 14 --- Ohio
"Be nice to everyone!
Because it's not what's on the outside, but what's in the inside
That makes a person special."
Copyright © 1999 Amanda Zinke
"Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion."
G.W.F. Hegel --- Submitted by Angie N., Age 16 --- Indiana
"A life without risk is a life unlived."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by B.S., Age 15 --- Utah
"I look at the impossible and see only the possible."
Jennifer J. --- Submitted by Evita J., Age 15 --- Texas
"There are two things to remember in life.
One, don`t sweat the small stuff,
And two, it`s all small stuff."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.N., Age 17 --- West Virginia
"Beyond race, beyond religion, beyond culture,
There lies beauty within us all."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jayme H., Age 16 --- British Columbia, Canada
"When you think you're alone,
When you think there's no one in this world who'll stand up for you,
Look around and make sure you're right.
Friends can appear in the most unlikely people,
And are often right in front of you."
Rich Thornton --- Submitted by Beth M., Age 15 --- New Jersey
"For all the trials and tears of time,
For every hill I've had to climb,
My heart sings but a grateful song.
These are the things that make me strong."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Anna Elizabeth, Age 17 --- Wisconsin
"In the book of life, the answers aren't always in the book."
Charlie Brown Submitted by A.M., Age 15 --- Kentucky
"Your friends are like the buttons on an elevator.
They will either bring you up or take you down."
Alexander Lockhart --- Submitted by Barbara B., Age 15 --- Georgia
"You can learn something from everyone,
Even if he is the biggest underachiever, the most unpopular person,
Or your worst enemy."
Copyright © 2000 Angela Wen
DREAMS
Too many people live but really don't
Too many people want but they won't
Because so many people so it seems
Never try to live up their dreams
Out there, it's close yet far- there it lies
Instead of reaching we wait till the urge dies
We live barely a life, until we rot
Cause we don't accept chances we've got
We always complained of our lack
We found ways to stab ourselves in the back
We have a chance to reach the stars
But we choose to stay and look at mars
Because so many people so it seems
Never try to live up their dreams
We have the chance to enjoy or suffer
If you don't try it just gets tougher
You have money, it's there so enjoy
If it hangs around it'll start to annoy
People are so scared to spend the cash
It was meant for good and turned a rash
Because so many people so it seems
Never try to live up their dreams
Life's too short so go and have fun
If you love the rain don't wait for sun
Don't have others make your dreams true
Because they won't and so won't you
Instead stand up and start being a man
Go on make it true cause only you can
Every person has his special chances
His friends, parties, and his dances
If you blow them its not right but it's okay
If you missed them you're blown away
By the time you get old you'll see
All you had and missed for free
You were given the golden platter
But you dropped it and let it shatter
Because so many people so it seems
Never try to live up their dreams
LIVE YOUR DREAMS!
Tsvika W., Age 17 --- Israel
"You cannot fulfill your dreams unless you dare to risk it all."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Inga J., Age 14 --- Wisconsin
"The greatest problem among teens today is not guns or violence,
But lack of compassion amongst their peers."
Copyright © 1999 Kimberly Shroyer
"Dreaming is the only way to see your past in a different life."
Curtis Jordunson --- Submitted by Jayme H., Age 16 --- British Columbia, Canada
"The best way to get rid of a problem, is to solve it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Brandon C., Age 15 --- North Carolina
"Stand up for what you believe in
And don't let anyone walk all over you.
Also don't let anyone force you
To change the way you feel about something.
It's your own personal right and freedom to feel that way."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Julie C., Age 18 --- Ohio
"If a man does not follow his companions,
Maybe it is because he hears a different drummer.
Let that man follow the beat of that drummer,
No matter how far or off-measured it is."
Henry David Thoreau --- Submitted by Devin L., Age 13 --- New York
"Never live in the past for it can't be changed.
Never live in the future for it has not been written yet.
Live for today, because what you do today
Is what you use to make your future."
Copyright © 2000 Justin Havens
"Nobody knows to what heights you are going to soar,
Not even yourself, until you spread your wings and fly.
So fly girl, fly!"
Author Unknown
--- Submitted by April P., Age 19 --- South Glamorgan, United Kingdom
"Life is like the sky, whether it is dark gray storm clouds
Or a beautiful blue ocean with white fluffs of cotton,
You deal with what you have."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by L.H., Age 15 --- New Jersey
"There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving
And that's your own self."
Aldous Huxley --- Submitted by Emily S., Age 16 --- Connecticut
"Sometimes we must endure great pain, strong heartache, lonely nights to appreciate the together. Sometimes we must wait to deserve the grace. Sometimes we must fall in order to grow. If we never hurt, if we never loved, if we never lost, how could we gain ?
Sometimes our eyes are only clear after being washed with tears. Wisdom & knowledge come with the lessons learned not taught.We must walk to think of how we've run. We must trip to learn not to skip. We must be broken to rebuild .
One road has to open so the decision can be made. The door has to close so the window will be noticed. There must be death to appreciate life. There must be blind so someone can truly see. If it weren't for darkness how could we see the light?
We must grieve in order to love to laugh. If we never hurt inside, how could we feel good ? If we never failed, what would we strive for ? If we always understood, nothing would be worth discovering. If there wasn't regret, what are we to change? If there weren't memories to be made, what is it we would look back on?"
Copyright © 1999 Catherine Shafer
"He is with me and what can I fear?
I look neither behind nor before, only up."
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton --- Submitted by G. A., Age 17 --- Pennsylvania