"MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES FOR TEENS"
SUBMITTED BY TEENS
"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."
Mark Twain --- Sent in by --- Christine R., Age 14 --- South Carolina
"The world only lacks inspiration."
Sarah B., Age 16 --- Texas
"People think that if you see something, it's a good reason to believe it.
God thinks we should believe it, then see it. Have faith."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Ali, Age 14 --- Michigan
"Happiness is having something to look forward to."
Alex M., Age 18 --- Florida
"An injury is much sooner forgiven than an insult."
Chesterfield --- Sent in CY, Age 16 --- New York
"For every door God closes,
He opens another one with bigger and brighter things."
Michael Ann, Age 17 --- Alabama
"Live youth, don't avoid it."
Keith B., Age 17 --- Michigan
"Live each day for what it is worth and savor every moment,
For you will never be able to relive the past."
Eliz M., Age 16 --- United Kingdom
"There are times when you will fall
Times when everything comes crashing down
Times that the pain is too much
And times when you could give up on life
But in these times we must pick ourselves up
We must rise above the challenges we face
We must know that there is love in this world
And we must continue to go on, and on, and on."
Heather C., Age 17 --- Massachusetts
"Let us always meet each other with a smile
For the smile is the beginning of love."
Mother Teresa --- Submitted by Lori A., Age 17 --- Texas
"Behind every success are a thousand failures.
Behind every missed opportunity are a thousand successes."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Peter F., Age 16 --- South Africa
"Only as far as I reach can I grow
Only as far as I see can I go.
Only as far as I look can I see
Only as much as I dream can I be."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Brie, Age 18 --- New Jersey
"Judge not the life of another
Until you have lived one of your own."
Andrea M., Age 16 --- Massachusetts
"How glorious it is - and also how painful - to be an exception."
Alfred de Musset --- Sent in by KA, Age 16 --- Colorado
"An eye for an eye will only make a whole nation blind."
Gandhi --- Submitted by Sara, Age 16 --- Minnesota
"Never get too caught up in the moment,
For sure enough...
There's another moment coming your way."
Sarah, Age 13 --- Massachusetts
"You've always been there to help me through
The times when I've been down.
You've always been the smiling face,
Never a tear or frown.
You've showed me that even when times are dark
Some sun can still shine through.
You've told me to be proud and strong
In every thing I do.
If ever I need someone to talk to
To spill my frustration and fears,
It's nice to you know you'll always be there
A shoulder to cry on for all my tears.
Your words have given me hope
In times when I've had none.
Your eyes have a sparkle of faith
As bright as the stars and sun.
I want to thank you for all you've done
But I can't find the words to say
How much you've brightened up my life
In each and every way.
Your nothing short of an Angel,
A godsend from above.
I cherish everything about you.
Your smile. Your friendship. Your love."
Alexis M., Age 16 --- Maryland
"Never open your mouth
Unless you can open it wide enough
To fit both feet in."
Laura R., Age16 --- Tipperary, Ireland
"Take all the chances life puts on your road
So that in the future
You won't regret what you don't do.
Life is short and opportunities are rare
So take a bite out of them."
M.N., Age 16
"We are all alike... we have arms and legs.
The difference is in the heart."
Unknown --- Submitted by Andrew J. S., Age 17 --- Massachusetts
"Lead, follow, or get out of the way,
And those who stay, will be champions."
Unknown --- Sent in by Lauren, Age 17 --- Illinois
"I learned to live one day at a time.
If things go bad, wait them out,
And they are bound to get better."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ashley, Age 14 --- Pennsylvania
"The best way to cheer yourself up
Is to try to cheer somebody else up."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Fiona L., Age 18 --- NSW, Australia
"A good friend is like a book;
Once you have started reading it,
You don't want to put it down."
Nicole T., Age 14 --- Ohio
"If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have
That money can't buy."
Unknown --- Sent in by Jaime B., Age 18 --- Alberta, Canada
"Don't waste your youth growing up."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Leah V., Age 14 --- Minnesota
"Of all the things my mother has ever given me,
It is her love I treasure most."
Amy, Age 15 --- California
"Close your eyes and you won't see any reasons holding you back."
Emma Bielski --- Sent in by Jane V., Age 16 --- Michigan
"All things work for good for those who love God.
Romans 8:28.
Not some things but all things;
So praise him even in your troubles."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Natalie P., Age 17 --- Texas
"We had nothing to hold on to but each other,
We had nothing to hold on to but ourselves."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Victoria S., Age 17 --- New York
"Refuse To Lose"
Art Smith (my wrestling coach)
--- Sent in by Thomas C., Age 15 --- Pennsylvania
"When you feel alone
And there's no one there
To wipe away those tears
Don't think no one cares in this world
Because baby you're wrong
I know life isn't fair
But I'll be there every step of the way
To help you get strong
I'll be your hero
I'll cry away your tears
I'll hold you and tell you
As long as I'm here
There's no need to fear
I'll always be your hero
When times start to get rough
When the good time turn to tough
I'll always be your hero
I know what you are feeling
All your heart needs is some healing
When those sunny days turn to clouds of gray
I'll be the one
To turn your life around
I'll be the one
To pick you up when you feel down
I'll be your hero
I'll cry away those tears
I'll hold you and tell you
As long as I am here
There's no need to fear
I'll always be your hero
When times get rough
Or when good times turn to tough
I'll always be your hero
So here I am
Sitting here writing this song
I hope you understand
That in this world you truly belong
Every person needs somebody
To hold onto
I'll be that someone
For which you belong to
I'll always be true
No matter what you may do
I'll be there as you start feeling blue
And say those words only like lovers do..."
Chris Z., Age 17 --- Pennsylvania
"She who stops getting better stops being good."
Christy M., Age 14 --- Maryland
"If ever you are confused on the path to take,
Close your eyes, look into your heart and listen carefully.
It talks quietly but the advice is worth following.
Believe in yourself and follow your heart."
Sarah M., Age 16 --- Washington
"Thank You for Touching My Life
Sometimes people, who come into your life, make changes in you,
Because you always take a little part of them with you into the future.
We are all made up of little bits and pieces of those whose lives touch ours.
I won't ever forget you or what you meant to my life.
Many times people are brought together for a reason.
I believe we met so that we could grow to become
A little more of the people we were meant to be.
Thank you for helping me become who I am,
For giving a part of yourself,
And for letting me give something back to you.
I wish you all the best in life and thank you so very much for touching mine."
Rodger Austin --- Sent in by Sarah L., Age 14 --- Singapore
"In your heart lies a coded message.
It's not finding the message that's the hard part.
It's finding the power to decode it."
Chris B., Age 16 --- New Jersey
"Life is like a puzzle;
Once you figure which direction you're going,
You've solved the puzzle."
Nicole T., Age 14 --- Ohio
Darkness
"I'm so scared.
I can't hear anything, but myself breathing loudly.
Questions cross my mind:
Will I wake up?
Will I die?
I hear footsteps.
Then I stop breathing altogether.
Did I die?
I feel myself all around,
Praising the Lord I'm still alive.
The footsteps stop right in front of me.
Please go away, I say softly to myself.
Then I awake and find myself relieved.
It was just a dream..."
Carrie A., Age 14 --- Washington
"When I stand before God at the end of my life,
I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left,
And could say I used everything you gave me."
Erma Bombeck --- Sent in by Jocelyn H., Age 17 --- Ontario, Canada
"To have a friend, you first must be a friend."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jen U., Age 15 --- Kentucky
"Courage isn't just about finishing,
It's about believing in yourself enough to begin."
Navy Ad in "Futures" magazine
--- Sent in by John B., Age 16 --- California
"The only things guaranteed in life are death and taxes."
Benjamin Franklin --- Sent in by Amy L., Age 15 --- Texas
"Ford Prefect died laughing.
As far as I'm concerned,
He won the game of life."
EDJM --- Sent in by John R., Age 19 --- North Carolina
"Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful,
For beauty is God's handwriting."
Ralph Waldo Emerson --- Sent in by Ashley H., Age 17 --- California
"How lucky I am to have known someone
It was so hard to say goodbye to."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Andrea, Age 16 --- Oklahoma
"True feelings are worth whatever it may cost."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Suzanne, Age 18 --- Illinois
"The challenges in life aren't intended to make you fall
But to watch you fly like an eagle when you conquer them."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Nicole P., Age 15 --- Michigan
"Get away, don't run away."
Sarah D., Age 13 --- Arizona
"There will always be rocks in the road ahead of you.
They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones;
It all depends on how you use them."
Anne B., Age 17 --- Ohio
"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet
When our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by:
--- Diana, Age 16 --- New Jersey
--- Lauren H., Age 14 --- Pennsylvania
--- K. D., Age 13 --- New York
The Essence of Compassion:
"Resolve to be tender with the young,
Compassionate with the aged,
Sympathetic with the striving,
And tolerant with the weak and wrong;
Because sometime in your life you will have been all of these."
Unknown --- Sent in by Stephanie L., Age 16 ---Minnesota
"Anyone who thinks the sky is the limit, has a limited imagination."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Kristyn, Age 18 --- Michigan
"I have always had friends, the kinds who were outgoing and loud.
The kinds that go out and party on the weekends, and have fun.
There has always been one though, who stood out from the rest,
Who I was inclined to talk to, who I believed could keep my secrets,
Who I could be myself around.
And one day as we were walking, I looked down and realized
That our shoes were identical, sturdy and solid,
Not showy and flimsy like our other friends.
And we realized that shoes are like souls,
They really do show a lot about a person.
To us they showed what made us different from the rest, what set us apart,
And what made our friendship long lasting, and most of all...special."
Laura, Age 17 --- Virginia
"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."
Anonymous --- Sent in by Raziya B., Age 16 --- Zambia
"Always follow your heart, and don't give up your dreams."
Unknown --- Sent in by Theresa K., Age 13 --- Wisconsin
"I wish you peace in the world in which you live
And in the smallest corner of your heart in which truth is kept."
Robert A Ward --- Sent in by Kat B., Age 14 --- Michigan
"There are no answers only the search.
It is the question that drives us."
Beverly S., Age 14 --- Texas
"The miracle is not that I finished,
The miracle is that I had the courage to start."
From Penguin Chronicles in Runners World
--- Sent in by Mary M., Age 19 --- Georgia
"Push yourself and there's no telling,
No limit, as to how far you will go."
Jana H., Age 17 --- New Jersey
"We do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves,
After a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us,
Which no one else can spare us."
Marcel Proust --- Submitted by Stacy E., Age 18 --- Connecticut
"Do what you want,
Do what you will,
Do what you have to,
Do what you think you cannot."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Cheney, Age 16 --- Connecticut
"I know exactly how to make a dream come true,
You see I've done it before.
All you have to do is open your eyes."
Lauren F., Age 15 --- California
"A friend is someone who reaches out for your hand
And touches your heart."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Carrie, Age 18 --- Maine
"Everything that happens, happens as it should.
There are no accidents."
Marcus Aurelius --- Sent in by Alicia W., Age 14 --- Pennsylvania
"Someone once wanted to draw a picture for the world to see.
So he reached up to the dreams amongst the stars and drew us the galaxy."
Nhi Kim N., Age 16 --- Texas
"Hear what the wind and stars have to tell you about who you truly are.
Don't listen to the words of others.
They only have opinions that should not be used
To alter the opinion of one's self."
Jennifer T., Age 16 --- Michigan
"Trust is like a chain, each link takes time to gain."
Anonymous --- Sent in by Raziya B., Age 16 --- Zambia
"Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it."
Mother Teresa
Sent in by Lauren, Age 17 --- Illinois
"Ilse, a childhood friend of mine, once found a raspberry in the camp andcarried it in her pocket all day to present to me that night on a leaf.Imagine a world in which your entire possession is one raspberry and yougive it to your friend."
Found on one of the walls of the New England Holocaust Memorial
--- Boston, Massachusetts
--- Submitted by Andrew J. S., Age 17 --- Massachusetts
"I Believe in GOD
because if there's no God
There's the absence of LOVE
I believe in love
because if there's no love
There's the absence of YOU
I believe in you
because if there's no you
There's the absence of ME."
Sent in by Mary Anne M., Age 17 --- Philippines
"Everyone has problems.
It's a part of life.
Overcoming these problems an moving on to greater heights
Is what life is all about."
Jill Maxbauer --- Sent in by Amanda G., Age 16 --- Ohio
"To any girl who has been hurt:
I am like a hockey game that you lost.
You may win many other hockey games or girls,
But you will never win the one you lost again."
Michelle K., Age 14
"If you think it will be easy, you won't succeed.
If you need things to fall into place for you, you'll fail.
If you're counting on luck or breaks or fortune, it won't happen.
If you think you can get something for nothing, you're mistaken.
No, it isn't easy. It isn't common.
But the prize is right there on the shelf.
The requirement is all of yourself.
Are you willing, or are you content to just a dream?
Do you want to simply long for something that could have,
Should have, would have been, or are you willing to pay the price?"
From the book "Singletary on Singletary"
--- By Chicago Bears football player Mike Singletary
--- Sent in by Stefan H., Age 17 --- Manitoba, Canada
"All it takes is all you've got."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Lindsey T., Age 15 --- Tennessee
"Love is not a choice and hate is not an option."
Michael James B., Age 18 --- Wisconsin
"Beginnings are scary. Endings are usually sad, but it's the middles thatcount the most. You need to remember that when you find yourself at thebeginning. You've just got to give hope a chance to float."
From Hope Floats --- Sent in by Jessica G., Age 16 --- Ohio
"I tried to follow the "path less traveled" until I found out that lifeis all about creating your own path. To truly live you must be able tountangle yourself from bushes and cross streams that seem impassable."
Smilemd, Age 16 --- Louisiana
"The thing that keeps your feet on the ground
Is the responsibility placed on your shoulders."
Author Unknown --- Sent in by Abby, Age 15 --- Indiana
"To revel in the wonders of life.
To think, to remember - to dream.
This is to know happiness."
Giancano bi Gratsi --- Sent in by Storm P., Age 18 --- Brisbane, Australia