POSITIVE QUOTES
FOR TEENS
"There comes a time in your life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad, and focus on the good. Love the peoplewho treat you right, pray for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Surjit S., Age 17 --- India
"You need not cry when in a terrible situation because every situation you go through reveals a unique part of you."
Written in 2012 by Miss Best
"Smile. It will get you through the ups and downs and leave everyone around you in a happy place."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.C., Age 18 --- Oklahoma
"Your life is what you have made it. After god, you are the potter of your destiny, so don't let anyone help you; do it yourself!"
Written in 2012 by Ale-Felix M., Age 14 --- Nigeria
Don't let people's insults, views, and other factors of life decide the steps you have to take in reaching your goals. Take the steps all by yourself and if you take a wrong one, trace it back.
"Do what makes you happy. Don't do anything just to try to please everyone because no matter what you do in life, someone in this world will judge you for anything that you do."
Written in 2012 by Maeve A., Age 14 --- Ireland
This quote helps me through some of my tough days.
"You don't play fair. You think people who play the game fair always lose. And it's true. They do lose. But in the long run, they win. In the long run, you will lose. But you're not in it for the long run, are you?"
Written in 2012 by O. Edwards, Age 15 --- Michigan
I've been thinking lately, and every time I think deeply... which is all the time, I try to write down my thoughts. I realize they turn into really good quotes.
"Ladies, those models on magazines and TV, that's FAKE beauty. The image you see in the mirror every morning, that's REAL beauty that's made from god."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lake Girl, Age 14 --- Kentucky
"I'm the kind of person who doesn't say much, but when I do, it means a lot :)"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Laine D., Age 15 ---Northern Mariana Islands
"We may have changed our superficial conventionality from what it once was, but it's shift is only trivial."
Lily --- Submitted by A.L., Age 14 --- Florida
"We are born different. So be yourself because you are special."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sasa S., Age 17 --- Mississippi
It's true.
"The most difficult phase of life is not when no one can understand you, it's when you can't understand yourself."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rikki C., Age 15 --- California
"Trust yourself; you know more than you think you do."
Written in 2012 by Shivi Y., Age 17 --- India
I trust myself.
"Life is a test that we have to take; a risk, and one chance that we have. It is hard but with age comes kindness, good fortune, and love for others. Kindness is a gift to receive; a gift so special thatyou may only receive it once in a lifetime."
Written by Beata B.
"People gonna hate you, rate you, break you, but how strong you stand - that's what makes you YOU."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Judith C., Age 16 --- Massachusetts
"Genius is not gifted; it is acquired."
Written in 2012 by Rajit R., Age 16 --- India
There's always a superhuman in you. Discover it.
"Don't take life for granted, just take it for a ride and see where it can lead you."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.H., Age 15 --- California
"Thoughts and actions are two different things and opposite to each other. But when they come together, the god of success will favor you. Only thing is - just think positive."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vikas Kumar
"I have failed, at times, but I never stopped trying, which is why I leave with sadness but also with pride."
Written in 2012 by Yash Jain
Don't stop trying.
"Life is not for the faint of heart."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by H.F., Age 15 --- Colorado
It's the truth.
"Don't be so quick to judge me; you only see what I choose to show."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Judith C., Age 16 --- Massachusetts
"If you want to be successful in life you must take charge, and do it yourself."
Written in 2012 by E.H., Age 13 --- Pennsylvania
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