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Young men are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for
execution than for counsel; and fitter for new read more
Young men are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for
execution than for counsel; and fitter for new projects than for
settled business.
People grow old only by deserting their ideals, Macarthur had written. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up read more
People grow old only by deserting their ideals, Macarthur had written. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope as old as your despair. In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber. So long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, so long are you young. When your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and then only, are you grown old. And then, indeed as the ballad says, you just fade away.
Youth comes but once in a lifetime
Youth comes but once in a lifetime
Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind. You are as old as your doubt, read more
Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind. You are as old as your doubt, your fear, your despair. The way to keep young is to keep your faith young. Keep your self-confidence young. Keep your hope young.
To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies
To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies
Ah! happy years! once more who would not be a boy!
Ah! happy years! once more who would not be a boy!
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
Don't waste your youth growing up.
Don't waste your youth growing up.