The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
You never know what motivates you.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Never complain and never explain.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
If you think you can do it, you can.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
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.