"MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES FOR TEENS"
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April 29, 1998
"Some see things as they are and ask why; I dream of things that never were and ask why not!" --- Robert Kennedy --- Contributed by QA April 29, 1998 "The only place SUCCESS comes before WORK is in the dictionary." --- Vidal Sassoon --- Contributed by Matt K., Age 16 --- Ohio --- Contributed by Katie, Age 17 --- Oregon --- ( Author identified by Ronn Blaha --- thanks! ) April 29, 1998 "If you do not want to be forgotten, When you are dead and rottin, Either write things worth reading, Or do things worth the writing." --- Benjamin Franklin --- Contributed by Glenn S., Age 14 --- Pennsylvania April 29, 1998 "If you waste your days with your tongue silent, You'll never know what it's like to talk. If you keep your heart behind a wall, You'll never know what it's like to love. If you spend your life on the edge of the cliff, You'll never know what it's like to fly." --- Daniel O'Shea April 29, 1998 "If all the world is a stage... I want better lighting!" --- Sarah, Age 15 --- Pennsylvania April 29, 1998 "I make it a rule of Christian duty Never to go to a place Where there is not room For my Master as well as myself." --- Unknown --- Contributed by Katie F., Age 17 --- Florida April 29, 1998 "You must have faith and believe in yourself Before you can accomplish your goal." --- Joe G., Age 17 --- Pennsylvania April 27, 1998 The Champion "She does a little more. The average runner runs until The breath in her is gone, But the champion has a goal in mind, That makes her carry on. For rest, the average runner begs When limp, her muscles grow But the champion runs on leaden legs. Her spirit makes them go. The average Runner’s complacent When she's done her best to score But the champion does her best - Then she does a little more." --- Author Unknown --- Contributed by Tricia G., Age 17 --- Ohio April 27, 1998 "You may be the Maker of Music...but I, I am the Dreamer of DREAMS." --- Author Unknown --- Contributed by Abbey M., Age 14 --- Indiana April 27, 1998 "Do not go gentle into that dark night Old age should burn and rave at close of day Rage, Rage against the dying of the light." --- Dylan Thomas --- Submitted by Holly E., Age 17 --- Iowa April 27, 1998 Fire Dance " Anyone can play with fire. But to learn to dance with it, It has to become a part of you. Sometimes you will get burned, There are those who like it." --- Shannon O, Age 18 --- Utah April 27, 1998 "Wherever there is a human being, There is an opportunity for kindness." --- Seneca --- Contributed by Jamie W., Age 16 --- Kentucky April 24, 1998 "You can complain because rosebushes have thorns Or rejoice because the thornbush has a rose.. It is all up to you!" --- Found on a calendar --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Emily R., Age 16 ---South Carolina --- Sent to us courtesy of Charles Nelson --- West Florence High School, South Carolina April 24, 1998 "Never frown even when you're sad, Because you never know When someone's falling in love with your smile." --- Author Unknown --- Dhalya, Age 18 --- New York April 24, 1998 "I am a glorious being. A miracle. That which is in GOD, is also in me. I survive all storms, And like a tree planted by the water, I shall not be moved." --- Susan L. Taylor --- Submitted By Concitta C., Age 19 April 24, 1998 "Heal the past, live the present, Dream the future." --- Author Unknown --- Contributed by Ruby M., Age 16 --- Hawaii April 24, 1998 "If you always do what you always did, You'll always get what you always got." --- Unknown --- Contributed by Mandy W., Age 17 --- Virginia April 24, 1998 "I was once told that love is blind And when you can't see what's coming, You can't protect yourself, from the broken heart." --- Robert S., Age 18 --- Nova Scotia, Canada April 22, 1998 "When the bell tolls, Most will not have fully experienced life. Be true to yourself, not others. Follow your dreams, not expectations. Live for the day, as if you were a child. We must all remain young at heart to attain true happiness." --- Angelo B., Age 19 --- British Columbia, Canada April 22, 1998 "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; The real tragedy is when men are afraid of the light." --- Plato --- Contributed by Amy Y., Age 19 --- Texas April 22, 1998 "Failure is not falling down; It is remaining there when you have fallen." --- Author Unknown --- Contributed by Julie, Age 15 --- Michigan April 20, 1998 "I'll never use that phrase again, That I first learned a way back when, That ties me up so I don't win. "I can't" - a phrase that's not for me! It's not the goal that I will see, For I determine what will be. If I by accident forget and say "I can't" Then it's a bet That I will quickly add a "yet." There's nothing here that I can't do, My dreams I know can all come true. "Can't yet" is what I choose to do. I can and so can you!!!" --- Author Unknown --- Contributed by Tricia G., Age 17 April 20, 1998 "You must always push the limits Because if you never fail You will never succeed." --- Sent in by Kristen L., Age 15 --- Colorado April 20, 1998 "Your toughest opponent is the little voice inside you Telling you to stop." --- Unknown --- ( our track team's quote this year ) --- Submitted by Tara W., Age 15 April 20, 1998 "Courage is not the absence of fear, But rather the judgment that something else Is more important than fear." --- Ambrose Redmoon --- Contributed by Shannon O., Age 18 --- Utah April 20, 1998 "A dream is a wish your heart makes." --- Contributed by Lisa H., Age 13 --- Michigan April 17, 1998 "Sunshine is delicious, Rain is refreshing, Wind braces us up, Snow is exhilarating; There's really no such thing as bad weather, Only different kinds of good weather." --- Author Unknown --- Contributed by Ashley W., Age 14 --- Virginia April 17, 1998 "Whoever you are, There is someone younger who thinks you are perfect. There is some job that will go undone If you don't do it. There is someone who would miss you If you were gone. There is a space that you alone can fill." --- Jacob Brande --- Contributed by Karen T., Age 17 --- Tennessee April 17, 1998 "Study, review, practice, succeed... It's in that order you can truly achieve." --- My psychology professor --- Contributed by Casandra R., Age 17 --- Hawaii April 17, 1998 " A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, But more useful than a life spent doing nothing." --- George Bernard Shaw --- Contributed by Erin D., Age 16 --- Arizona April 17, 1998 "I looked up at the clouds one day And noticed they keep going, No matter how bad the weather gets, Nothing can possess the clouds to stop." --- Angie C., Age 14 --- Pennsylvania April 17, 1998 "If you can't sleep, Don't count sheep, Talk to the shepherd." --- Jennifer T., Age 18 --- Kentucky April 17, 1998 "There are many things in life That will catch your eye, But only a few will catch your heart... Pursue those." --- Unknown --- Submitted by Dana G., Age 17 --- Michigan April 15, 1998 "Your words are heard with the ears, But understood with the heart." --- Amanda K., Age 15 --- Wisconsin April 15, 1998 "Friendship is two souls in one body." --- Unknown --- Contributed by Hanim, Age 18 --- Malaysia April 15, 1998 "I am not what I think I am....I am not what you think I am. I am what I think you think I am." --- Unknown --- Contributed by Neisha B., Age 15 --- North Carolina April 15, 1998 "If a window of opportunity appears, Don't pull down the shade." --- Author Unknown --- Contributed by Julie, Age 15 --- Michigan April 15, 1998 "When it is dark enough, you can see the stars." --- Charles A. Beard --- Sent by Laurie P., Age 19 --- California April 13, 1998 "If you don't fight the battle today, when will you fight it?" --- Unknown --- Helen T., Age 15 --- Texas April 13, 1998 "Always keep something beautiful in sight, even if it is just a daisy in a jam jar." --- Amy Y., Age 19 --- Texas April 10, 1998 "I'd rather fall flat on my face than on my butt Because at least I'm still going forward." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lianne H., Age 14 --- Hawaii April 10, 1998 IF by Rudyard Kipling "If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give away to hating And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream-and not make dreams your master; If you can think-and not make thought your aim, If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same: If you can hear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools; If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a work about your loss: If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the will which says to them: "Hold on!" If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with kinds-nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much: If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the earth and everything that's in it, And-which is more-you'll be a man, my son!" --- Contributed by Bethany J., Age 18 --- Kansas April 10, 1998 "To dream is to pave an unwinding road to your future." --- John P., Age 19 April 10, 1998 "The best way to make your dreams come true ... Is to wake up." --- J.M. Power --- Contributed by Amanda G., Age 15 April 8, 1998 "I asked God for health; that I might do greater things; I was given infirmity, that I might do better things. I asked for strength, that I might achieve; I was made weak, that I might learn to obey. I asked for riches, that I might be happy; I was given poverty, that I might be wise. I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men; I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God. I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life; I was given real life that I might enjoy all things. I got nothing I asked for, but everything I had hoped for; Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered. I am, among all men, most richly blessed." --- A prayer found in the pocket of a young, Unknown, confederate soldier --- Who met his death on a Civil War battlefield: --- Contributed by Becky R., Age 16, Ohio April 8, 1998 "It takes as much courage to have tried and failed As it does to have tried and succeeded." --- Unknown --- Contributed by Katie P., Age 18 --- Maine April 8, 1998 "Fill your life with great music, Great friends and great fun And it'll be a party." --- Vicki J., Age 16 --- London, England April 8, 1998 "Pain is the discomfort created by disorder. It is not your enemy But merely the proof that you exist." --- Brandon P., Age 17 --- Michigan April 8, 1998 "Keep your head and your heart going in the right direction, And you won't have to worry about you feet." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mark F., Age 17 --- Indiana April 6, 1998 "The minute you start talking About what you're going to do if you lose, You've lost." --- Author Unknown --- Contributed by Ashley W., Age 14 --- Virginia April 6, 1998 "With three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on." --- Robert Frost --- Contributed by Karen T., Age 17 --- Tennessee --- Author's name supplied by Jill G., Age 18 --- Pennsylvania April 6, 1998 "Always take a chance. Never say you can't." --- Unknown --- Contributed by Casandra R., Age 17 --- Hawaii April 6, 1998 "Be kind, For everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle." --- Plato --- Contributed by Erin D., Age 16 --- Arizona April 6, 1998 "Value your friends more than you value the friendship." --- Angie C., Age 14 --- Pennsylvania April 6, 1998 "Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." --- James Dean --- Submitted by Dana G., Age 17 --- Michigan --- Contributed by Billy H., Age 15 --- South Carolina April 3, 1998 "If there be sorrow Let it be for things Undone Undreamed Unrealized Unattained To these add one: Love withheld... ..Restrained." --- Mari Evans --- Contributed by Jamie B., Age 17 --- Massachusetts April 3, 1998 "Of all the beautiful things I have seen, Those things which lie unseen Amaze and inspire me far more." --- Contributed by Jason Q. --- Brookstone School --- Georgia April 3, 1998 "Sometimes you must stand alone just to make sure you still can." --- Unknown --- Contributed by Leslie H., Age 17 --- Missouri April 3, 1998 "Even the most difficult things can be accomplished... as long as you have the courage to start." --- Contributed by Brian D., Age 17 --- New Jersey April 3, 1998 "Do not spoil what you have By desiring what you have not; But remember that what you have now Was once among the things you only hoped for." --- The Vatican Sayings, Epicures --- Contributed by Amy Y.s, Age 19 --- Texas April 3, 1998 "To gain that which is worth having, It may be necessary to lose everything else." --- Bernadette Devlin --- Submitted by Michael M., Age17 --- Ohio April 3, 1998 "Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts." --- Nikki Giovanni --- Contributed by Lianne H., Age 14 --- Hawaii April 1, 1998 "The answers to everything lie within our hearts, And cannot be understood by our heads." --- Contributed by Brian D., Age 17 --- New Jersey April 1, 1998 "Nothing ventured, nothing gained." --- Contributed by Jason Q. --- Brookstone School --- Georgia April 1, 1998 "All our dreams, All our hopes, All our aspirations, They all add up to equal one thing; Our life. Without them, Life isn't what it was meant to be." --- Aaron T., Age 17 --- Michigan
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