"Go
home, mow the lawn, wash the windows, learn to cook, build a
raft, get a job, visit the sick, study your lessons, and after
you’ve finished, read a book. Your town does not owe you
recreational facilities and your parents do not owe you fun.
The world does not owe you a living, you owe the world
something. You owe it your time, energy and talent so that no
one will be at war, in poverty or sick and lonely again. In
other words, grow up, stop being a cry baby, get out of your
dream world and develop a backbone, not a wishbone. Start
behaving like a responsible person. You are important and you
are needed. It’s too late to sit around and wait for
somebody to do something someday. Someday is now and that
somebody is you."
- John Tapene