"MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES FOR TEENS"
SUBMITTED BY TEENS
"Remember the trick is not getting rid of the butterflies in your tummy,
But getting them to fly in formation."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Heidi M., Age 17 --- New Brunswick, Canada
"Never stop running the race of life.
The minute you slow your pace
Is the minute your life becomes somewhat out of place."
Michael H., Age 18 --- California
"Never say goodbye if you still want to try.
Never give up if you still feel you can go on.
Never say you don't love a person anymore if you can't let go.
Love comes to those who still hope although they've been disappointed,
To those who still believe, although they've been betrayed,
To those who still need to love, although they've been hurt before,
And to those who have the courage and faith to build trust again."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Tiffany K., Age 15 --- Florida
"The harder you fall, the higher you bounce."
Anonymous --- Sent in by Lindsey Jean, Age 17 --- Massachusetts
"The only people that you should get even with
Are those who have helped you."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Amy V., Age 15 --- Michigan
"A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a Heaven for?"
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Brent K., Age 17 --- Pennsylvania
"In our life there is a single color,
As on an artist's palette,
Which provides the meaning of life and art.
It is the color of love."
Marc Chagall --- Sent in by Jennifer Y., Age 19 --- Florida
"If you're all wrapped up in yourself, you're overdressed."
Kate Halverson --- Sent in by Dariah, Age 14 --- New York
"May the best day of your past
Be the worst day of your future."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Kyle, Age 15 --- Massachusetts
"Life can be only understood backwards,
But must be lived forwards."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Pam, Age 18 --- Pennsylvania
"If you can't be big, don't belittle."
Ashley, Age 15 --- Pennsylvania
"Sticks and stones may break bones
But words can shatter a soul.
We think it takes more than a few insults
To send people over the edge.
Maybe so, maybe not;
But there are no erasers in life."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Victoria, Age 12 --- Louisiana
"Sometimes the most lopsided victories
Come from battles you don't fight."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by John Alt, Age 19 --- North Carolina
"She who has the will to win cannot be beat."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Kara, Age 14 --- Massachusetts
"You can't hurt your eyes by looking on the bright side."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Katie, Age 17 --- New Jersey
"You must show no mercy
Nor have any belief whatsoever in how others judge you,
For your greatness will silence them all."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Heidi R., Age 16 --- Ohio
"The tide of life is sometimes very rough,
But each storm ridden through
Makes us better captains of our souls."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Amber F., Age 15 --- Iowa
"Two things are bad for the heart:
Running up stairs and running down people."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Alesha O., Age 12 --- Texas
Yesterday is Tomorrow
"Is tomorrow just another day?
For yesterday can't last.
Can we peer into the future by studies of the past?
Will things remain as they are, we wonder what will be?
What the future holds for us, we have no way to see.
Whether we're content with life, or long for it to change.
Time will satisfy them both for nothing remains the same."
Copyright © 1999 Ryan Scott --- Sent in by Erin D., Age 17 --- Ontario, Canada
"Everyday is a good day, some are just better than others."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Kimberly S., Age 13 --- Florida
"And the sun on my shoulders brings,
Because of its perfect warmth,
The feeling that I wear great wings
While stepping along the earth."
Robert Gray --- Sent in by Jannette M., Age 17 --- Thailand
".....no matter where life takes you, big cities, small towns, you'llinevitably come across small minds. People who think that they're betterthan you are. People who think that material things, or being pretty orpopular automatically makes you a worth while human being.....none ofthese things matter unless you have strength of character, integrity,sense of pride, and if you're lucky enough to have any one of thesethings....don't ever sell them. Don't ever sell out. So when you meet aperson for the first time, please don't judge them by their station oflife, because, who knows, that person just might end up being your bestfriend."
From 'Dawson's Creek' --- Sent in by Vashi, Age 14 --- Maryland
"Stop and consider! Life is but a day;
A fragile dewdrop on its perilous way
From a tree's summit; a poor Indian's sleep
While his boat hastens to the monstrous steep
Of Montmorenci. Why so sad a moan?
Life is the rose's hope while yet unblown;
The reading of an ever-changing tale;
The light uplifting of a maiden's veil;
A pigeon tumbling in clear summer air;
A laughing schoolboy, without grief or care,
Riding the springy branches of an elm."
John Keats, "Sleep and Poetry"
--- Sent in by Myles F., Age 17 --- Victoria, Australia
"Don't let the negative few overrule the positive many."
Dr. Jim Parker --- Sent in by Coral S., Age 18 --- Michigan
"We only deliberately waste time with those we love.
It is the purest sign that we love someone,
If we choose to spend time idly in their presence
When we could be doing something more productive."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Lauren K., Age 15 --- Wisconsin
"Be part of the solution, not the pollution."
Elisha E., Age 16 --- Pennsylvania
"Don't be afraid to cry, as it takes rain to make a rainbow."
Reem S., Age 14 --- Malaysia
"After all, there is but one race --- humanity."
George Moore --- Sent in by Stephanie, Age 14 --- Connecticut
"To succeed you must first believe."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Luke D., Age 15 --- Northern Territory, Australia
"Be patient, you never know how God is going to use you.
It may take a little more time to do those things you aspire to do,
But they will eventually get done."
Deborah Cox --- Sent in by Kimberly S., Age 13 --- Florida