“God calls us to be examples. Where our culture might expect little, God expects great things.”
― Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
― Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
“We’re passionate about these causes because God has placed them on our hearts.”
― Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
― Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
“Our uprising is against a cultural mind-set that twists the purpose and potential of the teen years and threatens to cripple our generation. Our uprising won’t be marked by mass riots and violence, but by millions of individual teens quietly choosing to turn the low expectations of our culture upside down.”
― Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
― Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
“Isn’t that exactly what has happened? Entire industries—movie, music, fashion, fast food—and countless online services revolve around the consumer habits of, you guessed it, teens. With all this money and attention focused on teens, the teen years are viewed as some sort of vacation.”
― Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
― Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
“For all of us, expectations are a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
― Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
― Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
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