Quotes About Empowerment

What we want is for our young people to be skilled.

As I tell young people in workshops, 'It's your country. If you came here on the bottom of a slave ship, if your people came here seeking political freedom - however your folks got here - it belongs to you just as much as it belongs to anyone, so claim it. It's your birthright. America belongs to every person who is here.'

Young people, our rights and the things we care about, have been taken away because it doesn't really matter to the politicians whether or not we have them. We're just another demographic to try and please, but there's no point if we aren't voting.

Young people have realised that an artist is in charge of what they're doing - this crazy cynicism that artists were puppets has disappeared.

It's important for young people to know that they are made the way they are made and they're beautiful and that's how they're supposed to be.

Whatever else I do before finally I go to my grave, I hope it will not be looking after young people.

I enjoy seeing young people being interested in what they can do.

It seems to be the thing now that young people are getting back into politics.

Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian system.

We are so lucky Americans are impressive with what they're willing to give. We get bashed too much. And, so many young people in this country give so much. They're not all gang bangers.

I would argue that we have a generation of young people, particularly minorities, who are no longer putting up with the kinds of things their parents put up with. They're much more self-confident. It's no longer acceptable to make fun of people because of race or sex. But it has always been present in American society.

I enjoy talking to young people, and talking to people about helping young people. That part is not a chore. It's pretty fun, and something I like to do because I think it's important.

Young people are being elected for School Boards all over the country.

I do what I can to make young people understand that drugs can destroy their lives. I'm the perfect example of what people can accomplish when they have regained a sane body and spirit.

Our young people look up to us. Let us not let them down. Our young people need us. Saving them will make heroes of us all.

If the truth be known, we are on the verge of losing an entire generation of our young people, killing and dying in the streets of America.

Do the unexpected. Take 20 minutes out of your day, do what young people all over the world are dying to do: vote.

So many young people say, 'I'm just going to see what happens.' It's so much more powerful to make things happen and have a plan.

It's important to me to try and expose young people to the things they believe are off-limits to them. I tell them, 'There are no walls, only the ones we put up.' My advice to young people looking at my life is not to follow my footprint but to go out there and make their own.

Young people need to vote. They need to get out there. Every vote counts. Educate yourself too. Don't just vote. Know what you're voting for, and stand by that.

I wanted to find ways for colleges and universities to become involved with public schools to help young people prepare for college.

Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

I felt there needed to be a show for teenagers that didn't make them feel judged. 'Skins' never tried to preach. It allowed young people to make their own decisions about what to do and whether it was right or wrong. Young people really respond to that, and that's what sets 'Skins' apart.

More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves - they can't depend on a particular person, i.e. me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what's going on all over the world.