Welcome to the Striving to Thriving Youth Quote Library. Here you’ll find a curated collection of more than 5,700 quotes from young people ages 15-22 living in communities across the United States. In the library you can see how young people describe their multifaceted identities, how they understand and apply meaning to language around job, work and career, how they think about and assign value to relationships, networking and connections, and their future goals and the education and career choices they believe will lead them there. You can also view additional notes on curation, categories and filters.
“I think one of my challenges I put is like pregnancy and like family. I feel like that will like stop me, because I’d want to be spending time with my kids, take some time off, and all that. So I do not want that.”
“Well, tall and blonde. I am Russian, like I’m first generation American. I’m creative because I like to do stuff, the performing arts, and I’m dramatic because how I react to things I guess.”
“It is kind of terrifying. I feel you have one shot at it, and if you don’t do it good the first time then everybody will see you as a joke almost.”
“I feel they are different. Work I feel that is going to be your dream. You work to get the dream job you want. You work to have your career, your dream career. It is your priority. You prioritize your work more than your job. Your job is temporary; your work is life time.”
“I’m wondering how my answers will be used to help others. This was a very interesting discussion and I’m excited to see what comes of it.”
“For connections I put knowing lots of people, business and financing. Knowing lots of people is having connections. Business is kind of structured on connections because if you have no connections anywhere it is going to be very hard to start something. Financing, I don’t know why I put that but money, connections kind of.”
“Family, friends, co-workers, and bosses.”
“Ambitious, confident, conscientious, diligent, easy going, hardworking, honest, loyal, methodical, motivated, punctual, reliable, team player.”
“Maybe financially could be a drawback or a downside and maybe your fear but overall that’s the thing I could see.”
“Personally I feel ultimately job and work are both things that you have to do get to having a successful career and being where you want to be in life. Because 99 percent of people, unless you are Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk, don’t have things dropped in their lap. Which apologies if you are behind the glass Jeff or Elon. Most of it is the effort you have to put in to get yourself where you want to be because it is true you get of a situation what you put in. Being able to have a career in the field you want to be in involves maybe taking jobs that you don’t want to have for the time being, or go into a lot of work to get your degree and spending countless hours pouring over books in the library and studying for tests. Ultimately, I feel like, for me, it is getting to a place where I want to be in my career; where I just have a sense of fulfillment that I am making a difference in the field that I want to make a difference in. That is ultimately what the goal and how those 3 relate for me.”