Teenage Quotes and Messages

Explore a diverse array of relatable teenage quotes that capture the essence of adolescence. Whether you're a teenager navigating the ups and downs of youth or an adult reminiscing about those formative years, these quotes are a window into the teenage experience. Feel free to copy and download your favorite quotes to share with friends, use as social media captions, or simply reflect on the rollercoaster ride of being a teenager.

Don’t compromise even if it hurts to be yourself.

Don’t compromise even if it hurts to be yourself.

Adolescence is the conjugator of childhood and adulthood.

Adolescence is the conjugator of childhood and adulthood.

When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.

When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.

Youth comes but once in a lifetime.

Youth comes but once in a lifetime.

Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.

Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Adolescence isn’t just about prom or wearing sparkly dresses.

Adolescence isn’t just about prom or wearing sparkly dresses.

The youth need to be enabled to become job generators from job seekers.

The youth need to be enabled to become job generators from job seekers.

The little-unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person’s life.

The little-unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person’s life.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

I’m so in love, every time I look at you my soul gets dizzy.

I’m so in love, every time I look at you my soul gets dizzy.

The loss of young first love is so painful that it borders on the ludicrous.

The loss of young first love is so painful that it borders on the ludicrous.

We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

Just thinking about you brings a smile to face, a twinkle to my eye, and a skipped beat to my heart.

Just thinking about you brings a smile to face, a twinkle to my eye, and a skipped beat to my heart.

The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.

The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.

I think everyone feels lost at times during their high school years.

I think everyone feels lost at times during their high school years.

Don’t settle for being an option; become a priority.

Don’t settle for being an option; become a priority.

Let’s face it. No kid in high school feels as though they fit in.

Let’s face it. No kid in high school feels as though they fit in.

As long as I didn’t say it aloud, it wasn’t real.

As long as I didn’t say it aloud, it wasn’t real.

Like its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it deserves.

Like its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it deserves.

Once you were a winner, you had to stay the winner they expected you to be.

Once you were a winner, you had to stay the winner they expected you to be.

Let your inner DORK shine through.

Let your inner DORK shine through.

Relationships take work. It isn’t true love if things go smoothly.

Relationships take work. It isn’t true love if things go smoothly.

I have this sense that I didn’t really start growing up until my twenties.

I have this sense that I didn’t really start growing up until my twenties.

It is better to love truly at seventeen than pretend at thirty.

It is better to love truly at seventeen than pretend at thirty.

So many people try to grow up too fast, and it’s not fun! You should stay a kid as long as possible!

So many people try to grow up too fast, and it’s not fun! You should stay a kid as long as possible!

The greatest things in life always come with a chance of great loss.

The greatest things in life always come with a chance of great loss.

Nobody understands anyone 18, including those who are 18.

Nobody understands anyone 18, including those who are 18.

Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.

Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.

To be inspired is great, but to inspire is an honor.

To be inspired is great, but to inspire is an honor.

I was a quiet teenager, introverted, full of angst.

I was a quiet teenager, introverted, full of angst.

Being classy is my teenage rebellion.

Being classy is my teenage rebellion.