Thoughts on young people

I have met 18 million youth, and each wants to be unique.
—APJ Abdul Kalam
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Great songs are gone unsung songs remain. Who will sing them?
—Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Everybody’s youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.

—F Scott Fitzgerald
Image: Hulton Archive / Getty ImagesThe excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you’re learning, you’re not old.
—Rosalyn S Yalow
The power of youth is the common wealth for the entire world.

—Kailash Satyarthi
Image: Neilson Barnard / Getty ImagesHeat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

—Aristotle
Image: Getty ImagesYoung people don’t always do what they’re told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment.
—Rick Riordan
Young people need models, not critics.

—John Wooden
Image: Sandra Dukes / Getty ImagesEach new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilisation by little barbarians, who must be civilised before it is too late.
—Thomas Sowell
Some people accuse the new generation of being ignorant, maybe ignorant for the old generation, but it’s a new language.