Best Young Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“Naturalists tell of a noble race of horses that instinctively open a vein with their teeth, when heated and exhausted by a long course, in order to breathe more freely. I am often tempted to open a vein, to procure for myself everlasting liberty.”

“Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.”

“What is this thing you call substance abuse?”

“If you have ever come up against Nothing you have no idea how it can scare you out of your wits. When I was a child I used to be afraid of Something in the dark. I know now that the most fearful thing about the dark is that we may find Nothing in it.”

“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.”

“Leaving my father behind—with all of his baggage—was like giving up an old teddy bear. You know it’s just an object, incapable of comforting you with its tattered fur and missing button eye, but it’s something you cling to, even though you know it can’t give anything back.”

“It's the smell of him in the bathroom, all I need to get ready for the day. Watching him get dressed, and the sound in the kitchen; a slow hum of a song and his movements, picking things to eat. The way I could observe him, for hours, just go on with his day – or as he sleeps – simply breathing in and out, in and out, and it's like the hymn that sings me to peace.”

“I fell for her like a suicide from a bridge.”

“It frightens me that I can't do anything sensible about it.”

“[novan]: bassists are very good with their fingers”

“I was flipping channels, watching this cheerleading program on MTV. They took a field hockey girl and “transformed” her into a cheerleader by the end of the show. I was just wondering: what if she liked field hockey better?”

“THE FOUR HEAVENLY FOUNTAINS”

“Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything.”

“There's nothing more contagious than the laughter of young children; it doesn't even have to matter what they're laughing about.”

“The human body is the best work of art.”

“Those sweet lips. My, oh my, I could kiss those lips all night long.”

“You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.”