Influencing Youth Quotes

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

Let those who will - write the nation's laws - if I can write its textbooks.

I wanna take it deeper than money, pussy, vacation and influence a generation that's lacking in patience.

I've always kind of lived my life to be as much as possible a positive role model for children.

I give kudos to people like Zendaya who are like, 'Yes, I want to inspire young kids.' And I'm like, 'Girl, that's a lot of work!'

I taught guitar lessons for a long time for a living before I got on the road. I really enjoyed hanging out with kids, talking about music with them, and trying to influence them in a positive way.

I want the kids that think the Kardashians are amazing to think that going out there and actually making a difference in your world is just as amazing.

We are winning the hearts of these young people out there.

If you ever get in a position to influence and inspire the youth of the country, you should do it.

If I were to be Miss Universe, I will use my voice to influence the youth and I would raise awareness to certain causes like HIV awareness that is timely and relevant to my country which is the Philippines.

The celebrity's desire to shape the next generation of young minds by opening a school is by no means unique to Diddy.

I don't like to do press. But I know sometimes I need to do it because every time I do there's young people - black and white, but I think about young African-Americans because that's the experience I grew up with - who hear it.

As an entertainer, my first responsibility is to entertain my fans who have made me who I am today. I am not a preacher who can tell youngsters what they should be doing and what they should not be doing. The youth of our country is intelligent enough to know what is good and bad, and my songs can't change their thinking.

I'm blessed to have a platform that allows me to speak to many at once. I recognize that I can make consciousness a tangible thing for young people.

I suppose partially because of the success of the early movies and things like that, I began to realize, that children do look up to you in some way, and there is a responsibility for how you behave with them. I know that it's important to make them feel very valuable, not to talk down to them.

When I was 17, I taught music; I had 65 students a week, and I did that for a year. So that's pretty regular. But it was great to give the gift of music to people, seeing them learn. It's great to influence young people in a creative way.