YOUTH QUOTES II
quotations about youth
In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves
For a bright manhood, there is no such word
As "fail".
EDWARD BULWER LYTTON
Richelieu
That age is best which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.
ROBERT HERRICK
To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
Youth is about giving fresh blood a chance.
AARON MOOY
"Harry Kewell in Australia: Socceroos icon on youth development, national side", Sportal, March 16, 2017
Beautiful is the bloom of youth, but it lasts only for a short time.
THEOCRITUS
attributed, Day's Collacon
Youth is but an insecure custodian.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
Youth is an essence as much as it is a phase of life.
JULIAN KIMBLE
"At Trillectro, youth is not wasted", Washington Post, August 28, 2016
It is with youth as with plants; from the first fruits they bear we learn what may be expected in future.
DEMOPHILUS
attributed, Day's Collacon
Youth is only ever fun in retrospect.
SUNDARA KARMA
"Youth is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect"
That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.
PHILIP PULLMAN
The Golden Compass
Youth offers the promise of happiness, but life offers the realities of grief.
NICHOLAS SPARKS
The Rescue
Youth is Gilead, in which is balm for every wound.
AMBROSE BIERCE
"The Moonlit Road"
He whom the gods love dies young.
MENANDER
attributed, Day's Collacon
The problem with this generation of youth is that they are scared of taking risks and are not passionate enough to go out and create the future they want to experience.
CLAUDIA TURBAY QUINTERO
"Take advantage of opportunities to improve yourselves", Graphic Online, March 16, 2017
All lovely things will have an ending,
All lovely things will fade and die,
And youth, that's now so bravely spending,
Will beg a penny by and by.
CONRAD AIKEN
"All Lovely Things"
When I was young, I could bounce back from things like a brand-new rubber ball.
KOBO ABE
The Ghost is Here
O my youth abandoned
Like a withered garland
Here comes the season
Of regret and reason
GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE
"O My Youth Abandoned", Selected Poems
Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second. For there is a youth in thoughts, as well as in ages.
FRANCIS BACON
Essays
My salad days;
When I was green in judgment.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Antony and Cleopatra
Oh happy youth! life's oasis of beauty!
What time in after years so pure and sweet?
Free from the lab'ring progress of great manhood,
It treads life's pathway with elastic feet!
C. B. LANGSTON
"Youth"
A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?
CONFUCIUS
The Wisdom of Confucius