The youth need to be enabled to become job generators from job seekers.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.

I go to school the youth to learn the future.

There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual or moral or physical devastation.

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger.

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.

The more a person seeks security, the more that person gives up control over their life.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes,‘ he said, his voice rising as applause and cheers mounted. ‚Shake it off. Stop complainin‘. Stop grumblin‘. Stop cryin‘. We are going to press on. We have work to do.

Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.

You have to develop ways so that you can take up for yourself, and then you take up for someone else. And so sooner or later, you have enough courage to really stand up for the human race and say, ‚I’m a representative.‘

Nobody is my boss.

Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

Apple has given me a platform to spread music. They’re giving us Latinos a chance to shine.

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.

In my videos, I always want to be a powerful woman. That’s my mission.

People have told me, ‚You shouldn’t bring your daughter onto the podium, ‚cause it’s the workplace,‘ and things like that. But I’m not gonna really listen to that. I’m gonna do what I think is fun for me and my family, and everything’ll be all right.

It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.

Those 62 million girls who are not being educated around the world impact my life in Washington, D.C., in the United States of America. Because if we aren’t empowering and providing the skills and the resources to half of our population, then we’re not realizing our full potential as a society, as mankind.

I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

I have 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and they keep me young.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.

Freedom is something that dies unless it’s used.

If you don’t live your life, then who will?

Although the circumstances of our lives may seem very disengaged, with me standing here as the First Lady of the United States of America and you just getting through school, I want you to know we have very much in common. For nothing in my life ever would have predicted that I would be standing here as the first African-American First Lady.

The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid.

We will explore the mysteries of science and harness the power of technology and innovation. We will realise the opportunities of the digital world. Our youth will learn more from – and with – each other.

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.

In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats – maybe it’s imperative that we encounter the defeats – but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be. Human beings are more alike than unalike.

We can never make ourselves better by trying… praying more or longer, studying more of the Word, performing good works, etc. Don’t get me wrong… it’s not bad to do any of these things. In fact, it’s good. It’s just that doing them in God’s power is the only way those things will have any real and lasting effect in our lives.

The age of a woman doesn’t mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.

There’s a lack of people in power that are motivated by the idea of helping people.

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

By giving people the power to share, we’re making the world more transparent.

I was raised to be independent.

Women feel empowered when they can do the things that are supposed to be only for men, you know? It breaks boundaries, it’s liberating, and it’s empowering when you feel like, ‚Well, I can do that, too.‘

I’m just a kid – I’ve got a lot of stuff to do yet.

I’ve used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool… but that’s just natural.

New markets could be created by rural potentials, which could lead to rise in the employment.

The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

Women don’t try to use me.

On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we’re going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future.

I knew through the surgeries that he was on my side and that this wasn’t something where I was gonna feel less of a woman, because my husband wasn’t gonna let that happen.

One man with courage is a majority.

Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I’m trying to say is I’m trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world.

It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist.

Only those who want everything done for them are bored.