Blog for Youth

In order to stay ahead of the rat race, you need to be high on confidence and this is the reason why we have compiled some of the best quotations on the web to keep you inspired.

My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven’t met yet. She’s now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia. – Dame Edna Everage

Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success – yours or his. – Franklin P. Jones, Saturday Evening Post, November 29, 1953

Have no friends not equal to yourself. – Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC), The Confucian Analects

Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. – Czech Proverb

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. – Dale Carnegie

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. - George Washington (1732 – 1799)

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. – Carl Jung (1875 – 1961)

Friendship make prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it. – Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC), On Friendship, 44 B.C.

The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends. – Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC), De Amicitia

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship. – Colette (1873 – 1954), The Pure and the Impure, 1932

Being friendless taught me how to be a friend. Funny how that works. – Colleen Wainwright, Communicatrix, 11-09-07

Nobody sees a flower – really – it is so small it takes time – we haven’t time – and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time. – Georgia O’Keeffe (1887 – 1986)

If you have been looking for interesting and meaningful quotations on relationships and youth then these inspiring quotes will be useful to you in more than just a way.

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away. – George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.  – Franklin P. Adams

The important thing is not to stop questioning.  Curiosity has its own reason for existing.  One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality.  – Albert Einstein

Curiosity is only vanity.  Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk.  We would not take a sea voyage for the sole pleasure of seeing without hope of ever telling.  – Blaise Pascal, Pensées

Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly.  – Arnold Edinborough

In today’s times when every one wants to explore the world at the behest of others, friendship is an unconditional relationship. In this regard, someone rightly said, “Friendship is unconditional. The minute you attach conditions to it, its charm is lost”.

However, one must be cautious to choose good friends. Remember, good pals are very few and those who care for you in good as well as bad times are your true pals. And those who use you or badmouth about you in your absence are best kicked out of your life. It would be better to join hands with an enemy than continuing relationship with such a mischievous friend.

If you are short of friends then you must change your approach to life and friendship. Try to be a good listener and keep secrets of others to yourself and you would have hundreds of friends. Remember, each one of us looks for a caring head and shoulder to share our joy and sorrow and by acting as other’s head and shoulder, you can help them stay caring and affectionate to you.

Remember, your relatives may turn bad against you but true friends will never betray you and will be there right till the end. This is what known as true friendship!

If you are keen to make new friends, then this blog on relationships and youth will help you to a considerable extent. This blog has some simple yet highly effective ways that can surely help you win new friends.

Let us read about some basic tips that would help you grow your friendship with others.

• Do not be afraid to ask something personal but do make sure that you stay gentle and careful about your conversation.
• Do not forget that the best way to keep and grow friendship is best attained by keeping the secrets of others.
• For giving an extra touch to your relationships, do remember dates like birthdays and anniversaries of your friends and be a part of their special days.
• Never allow any one to badmouth your friends and never try rushing your interactions with people.
• Do not invade into the privacy of people when they need it the most and allow them to get back to you when they want your presence.
• When any of your friends or even an unknown one is in need, do take initiative to help him or her. If some one is sick or meets a personal tragedy, be the first one to meet him or her.
• If you have talked about your personal or professional goals in front of your friends, do make it a point to realize them so that they can be assured of your competence and words. In addition to that, always be yourself when dealing with people; artificial appearance can very easily be identified and this is something that you should not associate yourself with.

Last but not the least, good friends can be everywhere – your school, college, university, workplace, neighbor, and even in your family. Always give respect and care for people around you and your friendship circle will grow to new heights in no time.