Welcome to the Striving to Thriving Youth Quote Library. Here you’ll find a curated collection of more than 5,700 quotes from young people ages 15-22 living in communities across the United States. In the library you can see how young people describe their multifaceted identities, how they understand and apply meaning to language around job, work and career, how they think about and assign value to relationships, networking and connections, and their future goals and the education and career choices they believe will lead them there. You can also view additional notes on curation, categories and filters.
“I put optional, effort, passion, sweat, failure and time consuming because it is like you either choose to work or not work at all. That is how it kind of differs from job.”
“Commitment.”
“I think that connections and networking are really important for my career, my passion career that will make me money. Just being open to talking to people and just starting a conversation, and I think people can be really open to some of my ideas if I start to get to know them and keep it light at first and then get into it. I feel like I have already made a lot of connections from a young age because of a lot of the experiences I’ve had…”
“I also feel you do need to also have a stable platform for yourself that you created yourself that you work for and you earn, because sometimes people will pull the rug out from under you and you have nothing to rely on. You do need a cushion, so I feel like you also need to work independently and people are like a thing on the side. They can also help. You can’t just be like I am going to go out and make connections. I am going to go out and work and while I am at it, because otherwise it is just not going to work.”
“College.”
“They both talk about ways of living and making money but a job is short term while career is long term.”
“Roto-rooter, the plumber…I feel so bad for them.”
“[At age 45] We going to be way in our bag then. Okay. So retired at 45. [Spending my time] on stage.”
“It has helped me move forward in my career.”
“Happiness.”