Young Generation Quotes

• The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.

  Aristophanes

  Love, Respect, Teacher

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• We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage.

  Abdul Kalam

  Giving, India, Generations

  "Lok Sabha Debates" by India. Parliament, (p. 45), 2003.

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• Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it.

  Haim Ginott

  Happy Mothers Day, Children, Parenting

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• Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us; our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life.

  Albert Einstein

  Life, Death, Wisdom

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.91, Princeton University Press

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• And I know that the younger generation is doing things that are so ingenious. And for them it's not a matter of a political belief or an environmental stance. It's really just common sense.

  Daryl Hannah

  Common Sense, Political, Environmental

  "Hollywood star takes eco-activism to Web". Interview with Vanessa McGrady, www.nbcnews.com. Jun 1, 2006.

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• Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation.

  Adlai E. Stevenson

  Marijuana, Men, Generations

  Speech at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, October 08, 1952.

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• The young generation has a different curiosity that is more visual.

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Curiosity, Different, Generations

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Parents who wonder where the younger generation is going should remember where it came from.

  Sam Ewing

  Parent, Generations, Remember

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• Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.

  Abdul Kalam

  Leadership, Creativity, Role Models

  Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (0101). “Enlightened Minds”, p.34, Prabhat Prakashan

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• I want to be able to look back and say, 'I've done everything I can, and I was successful.' I don't want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I'd like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along.

  Michael Phelps

  Change, Successful, Swimming

  "The Legend of Michael Phelps". abcnews.go.com. August 14, 2016.

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• It's a younger generation running the show, and I miss the generation we had in the '70s. They were really very honorable guys, like Neal Bogart and Bill Graham, people who will never be around again.

  Peter Criss

  Running, People, Missing

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• The young generation can influence their elders and can make them understand the environmental problems that are faced by us today. The youth can make them see that our environment is deteriorating day by day.

  Oren Lyons

  Environmental, Generations, Today

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• The age in which we live, this non-stop distraction, is making it more impossible for the young generation to ever have the curiosity or discipline... because you need to be alone to find out anything.

  Vivienne Westwood

  Birthday, Discipline, Curiosity

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• I think as a celebrity, we have to teach the young generation how to speak with the old generation.

  Jackie Chan

  Thinking, Generations, Speak

  "Protecting Wildlife Means Educating Humans: An Interview with Jackie Chan". Interview with Derek Mead, motherboard.vice.com. February 13, 2014.

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• If you want to destroy any nation without war, make adultery or nudity common in the young generation

  Saladin

  War, Generations, Want

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• You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.

  Brigham Young

  Family, Education, Strong Women

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• By educating the young generation along the right lines, the People's State will have to see to it that a generation of mankind is formed which will be adequate to this supreme combat that will decide the destinies of the world.

  Adolf Hitler

  Education, Destiny, People

  Adolf Hitler (2016). “Mein Kampf”, p.800, Adolf Hitler

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• I think the younger generation, the people poised to dominate the workforce, are more socially conscious. They are more demanding in terms of environment and how that environment contributes to their life.

  Helmut Jahn

  Thinking, People, Generations

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• Today's younger generation is no worse than my own. We were just as ignorant and repulsive as they are, but nobody listened to us.

  Al Capp

  Ignorant, Generations, Today

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• I live for opening doors for the young generation of creators. If we do nothing else with our success, let's open up some doors.

  L.A. Reid

  Doors, Generations, Opening

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• My generation knew pretty well what happened 50 years before our birth. Now I follow all the quiz programs because they are a paramount example of the span of memory of the young generation - they are able to remember everything that happened in their life but not before.

  Umberto Eco

  Memories, Remembers Everything, Years

  Interview with Chris Wallace, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 2, 2015.

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• I could never have imagined that firing 67 people on national television would actually make me more popular, especially with the younger generation.

  Donald Trump

  People, Popular Song, Generations

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• In general, everyone wants to work and work more. But in fact, when a young generation has sufficient capability then we should create conditions for them to work.

  Nong ?uc Manh

  Generations, Want, Facts

  "Vietnam picks new leader". www.cnn.com. April 19, 2001.

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• I pray every day for my little girls. It's hard out there for the younger generation.

  Angie Harmon

  Girl, Generations, Littles

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• I have seen incredible bravery from very young guys, the young generation that people write off.

  Ross Kemp

  Writing, People, Bravery

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