If you've got a talent, protect it.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Know or listen to those who know.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Never complain and never explain.
You never know what motivates you.
It's always too early to quit.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
There are simply more young people than there ever were. You get this feeling of strength. Also, large numbers can be a drawback, making it difficult to lose one's anonymity.
Teenagers today are more free to be themselves and to accept themselves.