Justin Young

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.

A beautiful person is not defined by a hair style, a pair of shoes, it__ not the logos on the T-shirt, the sport__ team on a hat, the designer__ 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__ nothing to hide behind. No amount of concealer can cover up a cantankerous heart, but all the make-up in the world can__ add a single lumen to the brightness of a beautiful soul.

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

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.

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

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

Choosing to Let Go crashes the pity party thrown by all the __hat ifs_ and __f onlys.

All men are created equal.' That doesn__ 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__e always been poor, does that mean you can__ be rich?If you__e always been sad, does that mean you can never be happy?If you__e always been alone, does that mean you__l never find true love?If you__e always had bad grades, does that mean you__e not smart?If you__e failed time and time again, does that mean you__l never be successful?The answer to these questions_? YES! But only if you see yourself as a poor, sad, lonely, stupid failure.

Our legacy is not found in all the 'stuff' we__e accumulated on our life__ journey. It__ written in the memories of those whose lives we__e touched along the way.

Great achievements are nothing more than a collection of small accomplishments.

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

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

We__l never solve the problems we don__ talk about.

There__ one thing you can start doing right now that will change how you communicate with any young human: Remember what it__ like to be one.

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