Clarence Seedorf Quotes

We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people.

I think some parents now look at a youngster failing as the final thing. It's a process, and failure is part of the process. I would like it if the teacher and the parents would connect more. I think that used to be, but we're losing a little bit of that right now.

I've experienced first-hand the wonderful work organizations like J Bar J do for young people in Central Oregon and I am encouraged that the federal government is taking an active role in the Cascade Youth and Family Center.

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

I care about our young people, and I wish them great success, because they are our Hope for the Future, and some day, when my generation retires, they will have to pay us trillions of dollars in social security

I realized I was good at developing young people. Eventually I started to believe in young people. I think when you give a young person an opportunity, he always believes who gave him his first chance. You create a loyalty that lasts a lifetime.

Young people ought not to be idle, it is very bad for them.

It is important how we view the youth of our nation. To simply consider them as new age voters will be a big mistake. They are the new age power.

To be a mentor you need to understand what's going on in a young person's life and you just want to have an internal dialogue that says, 'How can I help? Because I really care.'

Young people should be at the forefront of global change and innovation. Empowered, they can be key agents for development and peace. If, however, they are left on society's margins, all of us will be impoverished. Let us ensure that all young people have every opportunity to participate fully in the lives of their societies.

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.

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

Young people, I happen to believe, are the world's most precious natural resource.

What I can do is to go out and talk about the problems and solutions, make people aware of the scope of the problems, get them to become advocates for a turnaround, and convince them to develop an action plan, targeted to their community, to deal with young people. [They need to] find out what the kids want to do - dances, midnight-basketball leagues.

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.

There is nothing more important to this nation's future than investing in our young people.

I'd like to do something for inner-city schools and education for young people because it's constantly being cut.

Encouragement is the most important thing in the world for young people, rather than league tables, which demoralise everyone.

The best thing we can do for a young person is to expect a great deal from them.

I really believe that you can. Not only do I think it is a part of public service to help young people find their way, just as professors had helped me find mine, but I've been very involved in K-12 education issues. I started a program back in 1992 called the Center for a New Generation, an afterschool enrichment program.

Have confidence in the young people, give them a chance, and they will surprise you.

Especially being around young people, ... It helps put things in the proper perspective as you return back to the chaos of politics.

Ebola is not just a health crisis. Across West Africa, a generation of young people risks being lost to an economic catastrophe.

NCS - National Citizen Service is a fantastic programme. I want it to be available for every young person in the country.

We have so much information but maybe we don’t know what to do with that information. So we run the risk of becoming museums of young people who have everything but not knowing what to do with it. We don’t need young museums but we do need holy young people.