Respect for Youth Quotes

Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation.

It's rare for anyone to value the opinions of a teenage girl.

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

I'm not a get-off-my-lawn guy. I embrace the new generation.

A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present? If he reach the age of forty or fifty, and has not made himself heard of, then indeed he will not be worth being regarded with respect.

It's important that the adults appreciate that young people are capable of doing really astounding work.

His [President John Adams'] language to the young men at Philadelphia is the most abominable and degrading that could fall from the lips of the first magistrate of an independent people, and particularly from a Revolutionary patriot.

We're kind of doing what Bob McAllister did with 'Wonderama,' which is making people realize that kids are people, too.

I honed my passion for acting in theatre and education, and I think it's important not to belittle the child audience.

Many filmmakers portray teenagers as immoral and ignorant, with pursuits that are pretty base... But I haven't found that to be the case. I listen to kids. I respect them... Some of them are as bright as any of the adults I've met.

Older teens tend to write to me and say, 'Thank you for not writing down to teenagers.'

We should pay as much reverence to youth as we should to age; there are points in which you young folks are altogether our superiors: and I can't help constantly crying out to persons of my own years, when busied about their young people--leave them alone; don't be always meddling with their affairs, which they can manage for themselves; don't be always insisting upon managing their boats, and putting your oars in the water with theirs.

The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.

Don't set your wit against a child.

Come mothers and fathers throughout the land And don’t criticize what you don’t understand Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command

I had that extroverted energy, and I always involved myself in quite adult conversations. My mum never hid us from that. There was never a kids' table; we were never treated as kids, per se, because I don't think she believes in that.