Pierre de Coubertin Quotes

Educators are aware that they can reach the youth only by making use of gang spirit and guiding it, not by working against it.

Major League Baseball is a national institution and we take our responsibilities seriously when it comes to how the game affects the lives of American youth.

Everybody recognises that giving young people competitive outlet through sport is a very good thing.

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.

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

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

It is correct to make a priority of young people, taking care that they turn out as well as possible.

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.

As organizations, we have to find ways to create more opportunities, especially for our young people. A lot of corporations, they have to make opportunities for young people - create internships, for example, even if it's only half-time.

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.

Reaching out to any fellow ghetto kids is an act he puts in the same category as doing drugs: the initial rush of warmth and euphoria puts you on a path to ruin.

The idea that you can contribute is really important, especially for a kid.

Perhaps we need to separate youth from education. Education lasts forever. Youth is the time for exploration, maturation, socialization.

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.

The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow.

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 like to work with young people, because young people haven’t had their dreams kicked out of them yet. Full of confidence, and imagination, and vision, and when they score that all gets empowered.

Young people should be at the forefront of global change and innovation. Empowered, they can be key agents for development and peace.

I have a lot of time for young people.

I love the young people.

Germany and France are pinning their hopes on young people, in terms of education, science and innovation.

Any society that does not succeed in tapping into the energy and creativity of its youth will be left behind.

Our nation is filled with tremendous energy of the youth. Whatever future we desire of, we must keep the youth at the centre. If we do this, we can surge ahead at an unmatchable pace!

It is my deepest conviction that the children should be seen and heard as our most treasured assets.

The [Steve Harvey] foundation started originally about the educational needs of children. But, as I got into it more and more, one of my main objectives became mentoring programs for young African American men because that's our problem in our community - it's the African American men.