Gladys Knight Quotes

The right way to begin is to pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.

Our Party attaches great importance to the work with young people and firmly believes in them.

We have to let young people know that we care about them and their future. I want to involve them to a level where they become the leaders and the advocates because, right now, a lot of these young people don't believe they have an advocate.

Empowering the youth is our responsibility, and the youth will be empowered with more investment on them.

I've always been a youth advocate. I mean, that's been my brand, reaching out to young people. All my life, when I've dealt with youth I'd be thinking back to my own experience. Now I look at my kids and think forward.

Youth Ministry, as traditionally organized, has also suffered the impact of social changes. Young people often fail to find responses to their concerns, needs, problems and hurts in the usual structures. As adults, we find it hard to listen patiently to them, to appreciate their concerns, demands, and to speak to them in a language they can understand.

I have a lot of time for young people.

I love the young people.

I hope to work with kids any way possible.

As a college student, I worked as a mentor, and that got me involved in working with young people long before I became a foster parent.

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights supports youth reentry projects because my father cared deeply about children and young people involved in the juvenile justice system, part of his focus while serving as attorney general.

I don't have a problem participating with the youth because the youth are our future.

Young people are going to go to someone, somewhere. And we had better see that that 'someone' is us.

I absolutely loathe and hate the work... But I love youth. I realise how lucky it is being with youth, and what an honour that is. Nowhere else could a fat 47-year-old speak to people as young as this. They'd think you were a paedophile.

It's always nice to share your energy with young people, the people who might not have any skills but are simply willing to be a part of it.

I love working with young people which to me is a big kick.

It's our responsibility for the village to say, 'Hey we're going to create these programs,' whether it's sports, creative arts, music, we need some things to give young people positive things to do, and that's including jobs.

I have started my own foundation. It's called Follow Your Art. It's at its infancy but my goal is to mentor teenage girls through one of the most difficult times in their lives.

A relationship with young people is very important to me. It's important to have a sense of what's going on in their world and not just in my own. So the opportunity teaching provides is a gift.

I adore this adventure, I adore working with youth. For me it's a daily challenge, working to help these youths realize their dreams.

Our young people are assets to be cultivated and nurtured; let's begin treating them that way.

I love spending time with young people. I love to hear about what they think. It keeps me young. And they need role models.

It is easy to overlook the importance of the young in underdeveloped countries. It is the natural course for nations, and diplomats, and those who publish newspapers, to speak to the established order. Seeking out the young requires a conscious effort.

When I was a young man, I worked at the Boys and Girls Club in St. Louis, Missouri, and another boys club called Matthews-Dickey.

I was mentored in high school through the National Hispanic Institute and I did the same for girls when I got older.