Justin Young

“Just because your feet are on the ground, doesn't mean you weren't born to fly.”

“All men are created equal.' That doesn’t mean we are born into equal circumstances, or have the same skills. What we do have in common, though, is the ability to apply ourselves to achieving that which we desire. Each of us has the capacity to dream big, to assess and accept the aspects of our reality that are standing in our way, learn from them, overcome them and succeed.”

“If you’ve always been poor, does that mean you can’t be rich?If you’ve always been sad, does that mean you can never be happy?If you’ve always been alone, does that mean you’ll never find true love?If you’ve always had bad grades, does that mean you’re not smart?If you’ve failed time and time again, does that mean you’ll never be successful?The answer to these questions…? YES! But only if you see yourself as a poor, sad, lonely, stupid failure.”

“Each of us have been born with the potential for greatness. We are equals. That doesn't mean we are born into equal circumstances, or have equal skills. What we do have in common, though, is the ability to apply ourselves to achieving that which we desire.”

“In life, you have two choices: Do you control your life… or not? Are you the driver or the passenger? Do you make stuff happen, or let stuff to happen?”

“Our actions are reflections, not of who we are, but who we think we are.”

“Choosing to Let Go crashes the pity party thrown by all the “What ifs” and “If onlys.”

“There’s one thing you can start doing right now that will change how you communicate with any young human: Remember what it’s like to be one.”

“The fact that we're all different is the one thing we all have in common.”

“I have two questions for you: one, what kind of person do you want to be? Two, what kind of music would I find on your playlist? If any answer in the second question is in conflict with your answer to the first question, you may want to make a few changes.”

“How we look at life depends on how we see ourselves.”

“[Self] Perception is directly proportional to performance. Change a youth's perception, and you change their performance, their future... and their life.”

“We’ll never solve the problems we don’t talk about.”

“Our attitudes are the results of who we believe ourselves to be.”

“A beautiful person is not defined by a hair style, a pair of shoes, it’s not the logos on the T-shirt, the sport’s team on a hat, the designer’s name on a hand bag, or even how you smell.Instead, beauty lies in who you are when no one is watching, the person you are when there’s nothing to hide behind. No amount of concealer can cover up a cantankerous heart, but all the make-up in the world can’t add a single lumen to the brightness of a beautiful soul.”

“Gratitude is the heart of humility, and humility is the path to peace, love, and understanding.”

“Like the ripples from a stone tossed into the pond from the water’s edge, the effects of our choices extend infinitely outward. Even the smallest of acts reverberates in the ears of unwritten histories.”