International Youth Day is observed every year on 12th August and it was first observed on 12th August 2000. This year we are celebrating 20th IYD and the purpose behind celebrating International Youth Day is to aware the government and the people about the Youth issues worldwide.
International Youth Day 2020: History, Quotes, Themes To Keep You Inspired
On the day of IYD, various workshops, meeting and cultural events are organised every year but this time it doesn’t feel that these festivities would be organised due to the ongoing pandemic around the world. The annual celebration takes place every year that talks about the problems faced by youngsters and their life issues including both genders and the third gender too.
Many popular leaders, celebrities, politicians, scientists, professors have written quotes for the youth of the world. It is being believed that any country’s power is measured by the youth population of the country and the youth is the future of the country.
This year the theme of International Youth Day is “Global Engagement For Global Action”. As per the United Nations, The subject focuses on how youngsters at the local, national and world level, is enhancing national and multinational institutions and also teach how their engagements in the formal institutional politics can be heightened.
International Youth Day is celebrated around the world on 12th August annually. Apart from Internation, National Youth Day is also celebrated around the world but on different dates. The young minds are so innovative that is used not only for their family or city but for the entire world. In today’s time, humanity has to face so many problems such as COVID-19 pandemic in the world, climate-changing, pollution, population and in this scenario the young minds should be promoted effectively.
Here we have given some popular quotes belong to the prominent personalities from different fields that will play an important to inspire you:-
- My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come to my workers- Swami Vivekanand
- Youth is in a grand flush, like the hot days of ending summer; and pleasant dreams thrall your spirit, like the smoky atmosphere that bathes the landscape of an August day- Donald G. Mitchell
- Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must die- Herbert Hoover
- Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old-Franz Kafka
- In Youth, we run into difficulties. In old age, difficulties run into us- Beverly Sills.