"MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES FOR TEENS"
SUBMITTED BY TEENS
"Motivation lasts five minutes, Inspiration lasts a life time."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Talana M., Age 16 --- NSW, Australia
"Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all it's pupils."
Hector Berlioz --- Submitted by Orla B., Age 17 --- Sligo, Ireland
"Toss away the stuff you don't need in the end,
But keep what's important and know who's your friend."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sarah M., Age 18 --- Maine
"A smile is a light in the window of the soul
Indicating that the heart is home."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Lindsey Jean, Age 17 --- Massachusetts
"When life is as hard as it can get,
Smile and life will stop trying to make you cry."
Monisha, Age 15 --- Oman, Muscat
"If you believe in yourself and do what you believe,
You will be known as a great person.
As soon as you follow someone else,
They will be known as a great person
And you will be known as a wanna-be follower."
Eric B., Age 18 --- Iowa
"Dare to dream, for your dreams will never let you down."
Copyright © 2000 Jenna-Lynn Wolff
"Aspire to inspire and perspire to success."
Copyright © 2000 Marvin Chua
"Tomorrow is a mystery, so why try and fix it today?"
Copyright © 2000 Stephanie Riddle
"Others say that you never realize what you have until it's gone.
It is not so.
You never realize what you have until it's gone, and have gotten it back.
This time around, you will know how to treasure it with all your heart."
Copyright © 2000 Victor Ly
"Sometimes the eyes say what the lips don't know how to."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Snigdha R., Age 17 --- Pennsylvania
"Sometimes late at night, I love to hear the silence.
Take a deep breath and enjoy being alone.
Other times I want the loneliness to leave.
In a crowd full of happy people I'm alone.
In a cold room by myself, I'm occupied with my thoughts.
What do you do when the only person you can count on is yourself
And you can't always depend on her?
Words are spoken which make no sense.
They make sense to him though.
He speaks the same words.
One and one don't make two.
One and one make one.
The world is more enjoyable when you someone to share it with.
So when I sit in my room all alone
I dream of the day when I will be one."
Copyright © 2000 Leigh Whitten
"The best works always come out of the best tries."
Debbie T., Age 13 --- California
"Knowledge can't be obtained without imagination or belief."
Copyright © 2000 Matt Davidson
"Don't be somebody else's slogan, you are your own poetry."
From the movie "28 Days" --- Submitted by Molly M., Age 16 --- Massachusetts
"The most important thing in soccer is not to win, but to take part.
Just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Paul P., Age 15 --- Ontario, Canada
"But love your enemies, do good to them,
And lend to them without expecting to get anything back.
Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High,
Because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful."
Jesus --- Submitted by J.J., Age 19 --- Saskatchewan, Canada
"We must take from the past what will advance us in years to come,
But never live in what has already transpired."
Ricky A., --- California
"If something is bothering you in any way,
It is restricting you from being greater.
So fix it and move on to your next goal.
You may miss something great
While your eyes are not open to the other aspects of life."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Caitlin M., Age 16 --- Massachusetts
"Do you find it hard to forgive another?
Then you may find it impossible to forgive yourself."
Copyright © 2000 Jonathan Easler
"There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists,
Or simulate it where it does not."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Malou E., Age 13 --- Wisconsin
"Life is yours to miss."
Jonathan Larson --- Submitted by Jonathan B., Age 18 --- Pennsylvania
"When you're faced with a challenge,
Instead of trying to meet it, try to beat it."
Copyright © 2000 Kevin Wassie
"Victories in life come through our ability to work around and over the obstacles that cross our path. We growstronger as we climb our own mountains."
Marvin J. Ashton --- Submitted by Kanani B., Age 17 --- Maharashtra, India
"Love is about losing yourself.
It is about letting yourself go
And letting the person you love be there to catch you.
The thing is you have to find a guy/girl willing to play catcher."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kerro P., Age 15 --- Missouri
"Behind every gray cloud, there will always be a blue sky."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Amber B., Age 16 --- West Virginia
"If quitters never win and winners never quit...
Why quit while you're ahead?"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Anonymous, Age 17 --- Saskatchewan, Canada
"Do not throw the towel in;
Use it for wiping the sweat off your face."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by K. S., Age 17 --- Ohio
"Do what you like, like what you do,
If you do that, then life will be great!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Candace M., Age 13 --- Florida
"Live without regrets."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by K.S., Age 15 --- New York
"It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it,
But it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing
Until it arrives."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Danielle J., Age 17 --- Maryland
"The way you view life
Will soon become the way you live life."
Copyright © 2000 Sean Johnson
"It's not how hard you pushed along the way;
It's having something in you to finish."
Michael Jordan --- Submitted by Venjo R., Age 16 --- Makati, Philippines
"For the test of the heart is trouble
And it always comes with years.
And the smile that is worth the praises of the earth,
Is the smile that shines through the tears."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.K., Age 17 --- Missouri
"Friends are those who treat you kindly behind your back."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.B., Age 15 --- New Jersey
"I have learned that perspective is everything.
To a worm, digging in the hard ground is much more relaxing
Than going fishing."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Aleena M., Age 16 --- Arizona
"Come what, come may, time and hour smoothes the roughest day away."
William Shakespeare --- Submitted by B.H., Age 19 --- California
"Dream and it will come true
Seek and it will be seen
Love and you will be happy
Know yourself and you'll know others
Meditate and feel the magic."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bev B., --- England, United Kingdom
"Never let others discourage you,
For the stars are just as close to you as they are to them."
Copyright © 2000 C. Ott
"Do you agree that the best way of conquer a challenge is to fight it?
Do you agree that this is a war?
Then gird your armor on - the fight to live is now and forever."
Copyright © 2000 Candace Payne
"You can't keep the birds of sorrow from flying over your head,
But you can keep them from making a nest."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Caroline G., Age 16 --- North Carolina
"Today said thanks for the fun,
But tomorrow says the BEST is yet to come."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Gina N., Age 17 --- Pennsylvania
"The most important thing to remember when you are going through hell,
Is to keep going."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tia A., Age 15 --- Victoria, Australia
"One may walk over the highest mountain, one step at a time."
John Wanamaker --- Submitted by Melissa H., Age 16 --- Arizona
"It's over now, it is the end;
The dances, the parties, and lots of good.
We may no see each other ever again
But the memories will never be forgotten.
We all are sad; try not to cry,
It hurts so bad inside, goodbye for now, I love you.
So it's hard to leave but we must.
Just remember this, I'm always here.
Call me anytime, have no fear."
Much love to the class of 2000
--- Natasha O., Age 15 --- Connecticut
"Always remember others may hate you,
But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them.
And then you destroy yourself."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Stephanie F., Age 15 --- Florida
"Don't dream your life... Live your dream!"
Tina H., Age 17 --- New York
"Why do we have friends? Friends are special people that care for you, they feel for you. You tell friends about your life and they tell you theirs. Why do we have friends? They are there for you when you make a bad decision or maybe even a good one. You tell each other secrets, hopefully they won't tell, but some things are meant to be told. Why do we have friends? Not to disclude or ignore. But to be there whenever they need you. Even if leave they will always be your friends. Why do we have friends? We have friends for the best memories person could have, we have friends to live, to fight, to cry and to face reality. We all have friends maybe we haven't found them yet or maybe you have. Who are your true friends?"
Submitted by Erica, Age 13 --- Maine
"There is love in magic and magic in love,
But one cannot exist without the other."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Matt W., Age 14
"The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with,
Never say a word, and then walk away feeling
Like it was the best conversation you've every had."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Jessie, Age 15 --- Pennsylvania
"Missing life is like missing your first kiss,
It only happens once and will never be experienced again."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Elizabeth B., Age 14 --- Texas
"Love speaks always, but not always in words."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shannon P., Age 14 --- Florida
"I never thought I'd finally find too much weight for me to lift
And then I find out it's not on the end of a bar,
But real life."
Copyright © 2000 Nicky Anderson
"A dream lasts forever, people live by their dreams.
So don't shatter someone else's dream;
It's what keeps us moving through the day."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Anthony D., Age 15 --- New York
"A bird doesn't fear falling for it has never fallen before.
So we must act as the bird and block out our fears,
Then we will be able to soar higher then we ever imagined."
Copyright © 2000 Kevin Wassie
"Fighting solves nothing,
Forgiveness solves everything."
Copyright © 2000 --- Britani Ballinger
"Sometimes there is no next time,
No second chance, no time out.
Sometimes it is NOW or NEVER!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Meg S., Age 15 --- Pennsylvania
"If you don't have a destination,
You're never going to get there."
Copyright © 2000 Rhiannon Eiche
"Behind every great scholar, is a great education.
Behind every great education, is a great thinker.
Behind every great thinker, is a great brain.
Behind all of it, is the great God."
Copyright © 1998 C.P. --- San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
"If someone betrays you once, it is his fault;
If he betrays you twice, it is your fault."
Eleanor Roosevelt --- Sent in by KVW, Age 14 --- Michigan
"One will contemplate the future beyond belief.
But at the same time get frustrated with the present."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Dan T., Age 15 --- Nebraska
"There is a big difference between liking and loving someone,
You love them for what's inside their heart
And you like them for their outside appearance."
Ashley J., Age 15 --- Alabama
"For they can conquer who believe they can."
Julius Caesar --- Submitted by Chris M., Age 16 --- QLD, Australia
"If your pet thinks you're the greatest person in the world,
Don't seek a second opinion!"
Copyright © 2000 Andree Poirier
"Ask yourself if what your doing today
Is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Leann N., Age 16 --- Ohio
"I am not a devil, nor an angel, just a soul who forgot its name."
Maxim Gwendian --- Sent in by Ian D., --- Age 16 --- California
"Every day brings a new challenge
But with every challenge comes a new day."
Copyright 2000 Kevin Wassie
"Through adverse situations we do not have the power to change the wind,
But we do have the power to adjust the sails."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Vail R., age 15 --- New Mexico
"Accept everything about yourself, I mean everything.
You are you and that is the beginning and the end;
No apologies, no regrets."
Clark Moustakas --- Sent in by Ruchi P., Age 17 --- New Jersey
"Most of us have much trouble praying when we are in little trouble,
But we have little trouble praying when we are in much trouble."
Richard P. Cook --- Submitted by Molly H., Age 15 --- Indiana