1,743 Quotes About Youth

Youth is but the painted shell within which, continually growing, lives that wondrous thing the spirit of a man, biding its moment of apparition, earlier in some than in others.

Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.

I liked to put young and old in the same room, because they would certainly have different takes on the same problem.

I was too much of a Bronx kid to read Emerson or Hawthorne.

Everyone should be forcibly transplanted to another continent from their family at the age of three.

Saki says that youth is like hors d'oeuvres: you are so busy thinking of the next courses you don't notice it. When you've had them, you wish you'd had more hors d'oeuvres.

If God would help any man, He will make him know and understand what vanity is early in life.

Growing up takes time and effort.

THE FOUR HEAVENLY FOUNTAINSLaugh, I tell youAnd you will turn backThe hands of time.Smile, I tell youAnd you will reflectThe face of the divine.Sing, I tell youAnd all the angels will sing with you!Cry, I tell youAnd the reflections found in your pool of tears -Will remind you of the lessons of today and yesterdayTo guide you through the fears of tomorrow.