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 feel like [if] I end up doing real estate it would be cool to have my own business. Like own my own business, or eventually get to a position where I am one of the people in charge of another business.”
“At 25, I hope to be in medical school, hopefully, at the University of Washington. I’m going to be stressed but driven. My source of income most likely is going to be from like work-study or side jobs. At 45, working at a hospital…Working at a hospital, settled down, so I’m married, hopefully, with at least two kids. My income would be from the hospital. At 70, either close to retirement or retired. So depending if I’m still working, I’d get my paychecks from the hospital or from my retirement fund.”
“Maybe like maybe I’m still working, and maybe I didn’t go to college or whatever do whatever. And I’ll probably be just like supporting my family. That’s about it.”
“I suppose [the effect of being Latina] really depends on the need because some jobs require you to speak a second language and that is helpful. Other jobs, like mine, where you don’t really need to speak any language to do it.”
“A marriage. You’re marrying your career.”
“Social media, computer technology…Social media is like networking kind of thing. I don’t know how to explain it. Networking is all different things.”
[For “work”] “Work ethic, motivation, team work, school work, co-workers. It is more like the environment or work is like what you do in your job, if that makes sense.”
“Intelligent. I believe one of the biggest precursors to success in an industry like this is being able to intelligently navigate the ‘landscape.’ Intelligence not only when it comes to the fundamentals, but also emotionally intelligent when dealing with new situations.”
“I think it kind [of] just fell on my lap and at the time. It was the only vehicle that had the light under the tunnel. Originally wanted to become a police officer but being young and naive I fell on to the wrong path that prevented me from exploring that. However in return it opened me up to find the career path I now have.”
“Go to college and learn about mechanics and then graduate. Work and then start a business and buy a shop.”