J R Young Quotes
There is nothing more important to this nation's future than investing in our young people.
Port is not for the very young, the vain and the active. It is the comfort of age and the companion of the scholar and the philosopher
I think that we, as the African-American men in hip-hop, we have a greater responsibly because we have the ears of so many millions of our young people. And they listenin'.
I would say to a young person: continue to study. Study what is taking place in your community, in your neighborhood, maybe at your school.
When I was young, I wanted my appearance to be more interesting than what surrounded me. Now the body part I like best is my eyes, because they bring beauty to me.
Politicians are easy to attack, but frankly, we are all guilty of not meeting the needs of Africa's young people properly.
If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.
When I was young, I wanted to do something more low-key, like become a drummer in a rock band.
When you're young, there's a whole lot of stuff you say you'll never do. Once you get a little older, the list tends to get shorter.
I started out modeling at a young age and surrounded myself with different brilliant minds. I have so many people to get educated from, and I've been a sponge.
I guess that's what saying good-bye is always like--like jumping off an edge. The worst part is making the choice to do it. Once you're in the air, there's nothing you can do but let go.
I learned from a very young age that if I pursued the things that truly excited me, that they would reward in more important ways, like happiness.
Hard work is always hard work, for young gymnasts and old gymnasts. Whoever can handle this will be a champion.
The beginning is the most important part, especially when dealing with anything young and tender.
When I was just a little young boy, Papa said Son, you'll never get far, I'll tell you the reason if you want to know, 'cause child of mine, there isn't really very far to go.
And one day we will die and our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea. But for now we are young; let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see.
My advice to young women who are looking to be successful; make sure you're passionate about whatever it is that you're doing. And make sure you're fulfilled by the opportunities within your job.
When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.
A lot of young people dont think they can make a difference. Thats really what I am at Dartmouth to do. Im there to tell the young people, Look, a few committed souls can change the world.
No one had much faith in me because I was so young. They imagined a little brat with a flash-in-the-pan single. It was inevitable... Thankfully, I proved people wrong.
The world is imperfect, and young people are always trying to perfect it and they always fail - which is a good thing. Who'd want to live in a perfect world?
It's like running away to join the circus, everyone wants to do it when they're young but then you grow up and get a proper job. But somebody's got to do it or you wouldn't have the circus.
I'm 18 so I'm still young and I'm still learning. But I mean, relationships in general are hard.
Watching young Afghan skaters in the film 'Skateistan' made me realize why I've spent my entire life as a skateboarder.
Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.
When I was young, I was extremely scared of dying. But now I think it a very, very wise arrangement. It's like a light that is extinguished. Not very much to make a fuss about
The daughters of Sparta are never at home! They mingle with the young men in wrestling matches.
You named them: hustlers, killers, fiends, ex-cons. I called them: cousins, aunts, pops, moms. To you? Hoodlums, crackheads, gunmens. To me? Just neighbors, classmates, young friends.
Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old.
During youth a blossoming and budding forth tries to happen from inside out as each young person encounters what is seeded in them and gifted in their soul.
Unfortunately many young writers are more concerned with fame than with their own work... It's much more important to write than to be written about.
A lot of these young girls, they dont even know what the game is about. They have never seen a drop shot, a slice and all the mixture and variety I have.
I want to help change the way young people look at school, and hence, the way they look at their futures.
we can surmount the anger we feel. To find oneself like a young tree inside a tomb is to discover the power to crack the tomb and grow up to any height.
It's hard to be taken seriously if you're a young, female artist making pop music; you never know how people are going to react.
In the garment trades, on the other hand, the presence of a body of the disfranchised, of the weak and young, undoubtedly contributes to the economic weakness of these trades.
My hair had grown out long and shaggy—not in that sexy-young-rock-star kind of way but in that time-to-take-Rover-to-the-groomer kind of way.
If you're a young artist, wondering what to call yourself, consider 'multimedia artist.' It's so vague. Then, no one can say, 'Hey, how come you're a jazz person, and you're making a pop opera?