Q'orianka Kilcher Quotes

Giving youth a chance is part of our philosophy, part of our DNA.

Encouraging the next generation is really where my heart is.

I always wanted to give opportunities to young talents. And Deena Devarajan is one.

We owe our children an environment in which they can flourish, and where law enforcement, the justice system, and society as offers them a fresh start, not a jail cell.

We really need to put the best we have to offer within reach of our children. If we don't do that, we're going to get the generation we deserve.

I got a way to get through to kids. I try to take that and use that to my advantage. If we work on the kids right now, I'm telling you, they'll be making less mistakes, the jails will be gettin' less full. It's all about what we do with the kids.

Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds you bury in their minds, and when they grow up, they will change the world.

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

One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.

You have to give people more than one chance. We hire people in job A, and if it doesn't work out, we try them on job B. We'll generally give them three different tries. You have to be more committed to training, but you know they have the right stuff because someone you think highly of has recommended them.

Young people are our future, and I always want to help them to grow.

If we went around just throwing people on the scrap heap because of one or two things that they might have done in their youth, I think we would lose a lot of talent.

We must provide our kids with the skills they need to stay and succeed here in Maine - that's something we all agree on.

The youth is the future, and anything I can do to give to them, I'll do it.

Giving low-level offenders a second chance, no matter the color of their skin or the economic status they hold, can create opportunity for all of us.

My parole officer always believed in my capacity for redemption, even when my actions did not inspire confidence.

Delegations from all over the world visit Homeboy Industries and scratch their heads as we tell them of our difficulty in placing our people in jobs after their time with us. Americans' seeming refusal to believe in a person's ability to redeem himself strikes these folks as foreign indeed.

We're all in this together, and we all have to make an investment in our most precious possession and in the foundation of our future: our young people.

For the parents of the youth of Africa, please give your kids a chance to realise their dreams.

I plan with the BBC African Player of the Year award to become an agent of hope and positive change in the lives of the millions of African youths who have lost hope and are deprived.

Looking forward, we see that it is the youth of today who hold the key to tomorrow. And we can help unlock it.

I mean this country is all about second chances. Look at me.

I have to share my story. Not for me, but for the people who might go through the same thing and for juveniles who have gotten in trouble.

I received a lot from tennis, so it's good to help others because it's very difficult. Many talented kids get lost because they don't have the money. Tennis is an expensive sport in Romania.