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.
“Home by 2 and has his own house. They have brand new cars, and he pays for all his kids’ school. That is amazing. Those jobs I wouldn’t want to do myself because it is not what I like to do, but they make amazing money. Can you imagine.”
“I’m proud to be Hispanic.”
“My ambition for sure, this is what will continue to push me even when I face obstacles that challenge me to achieving my goals.”
“Honesty, as it made me realize that if I want to achieve this and that, I can’t give up so quick and act the way I do or else I’m going to lose every time.”
“All right, age 25 I’ve got my own crib with friends. And we’re professional live streamers and gamers. Have our own team and everything. They call us the NY Heat.”
[At 25] “So I’m still going to be in med school. It will actually be my third year in med school, so getting somewhere. At that point, I’m praying that I’ll be in like a really good internship…but finishing up medical school to become a dermatologist. And then no kids. No thank you. I don’t think I actually want to be with anybody at 25 because…I’m, I really want to know myself before I really get to that point. And I’m okay with pushing close to 30, but then it kind of sounds scary. But that’s in ten years, so I’m not worried about it right now. But let’s finish med school first.”
“I just put down…all the things I’m doing that are leading me to my goals. So I put me working at Marshalls now until probably like 2019…the end of 2019. But then I said going to college for chiropractor 2018 to 2019. I know that’s long. Then I say a master’s degree. I want to get that by time – like by the time I graduate from getting my bachelor of science degree I feel like that will be 2023. So I want to get my master’s by 2027. Like it takes four years to get your master’s, right?…Like then I said open a barbershop by 2030, and then retirement about 2050. Then move to New York [by] 2065. And then I said live long until further notice.
“I always used to shop there if needed anything.”
“You need them to be successful, in my opinion, especially now because the workforce is so large, and the number of jobs available is significant. So, I feel like nowadays in order to sell yourself and be somewhat successful you have to meet people and know people because – 100 years ago you could just start your own steel business and you’d grow into a billionaire, but now that’s not how it is.”
“Very outspoken. Brave. Courageous. Leaders. Powerful.”