Quotes About Youth

A los recién casados parece como si les volviera de repente todo el candor de la infancia.

Cientos y cientos de bachilleres caen en el íntimo, en el sublime y delicadísimo vicio solitario. Y algunas docenas de muchachas esperan -¿qué esperan, Dios mío?, ¿por qué las tienen tan engañadas? – con la mente llena de dorados sueños…

es cómodo ser derrotado a los veinticinco años aún sin una sola cana en la cabeza sin una sola caries en la dentadura sin una sola nube en la conciencia con sólo dos o tres lagunas en la memoria y mirar el mundo desde el cielo desde el purgatorio desde el infierno desde más acá de los montes pirineos y la cordillera de los andes con frialdad con indiferencia con estupor

On the hinder slope of the hill two little goatherds are tending a flock of goats; one of them is sitting on a rock whittling a crook out of ash, while the other is trying to coax a few tweets out of a reed flute.

The vain woman spent fortunes seeking out astrologers, sorcerers, and magicians who would concoct spells and potions to preserve her beauty and help her remain looking young--but envy is hard to cover.

Old enough to know better, but too young to care.

I have not grown younger or more biddable. But I realize now that when there is love, any obstacle can be faced.

To a young man who has in himself the magnificent possibilities of life, it is not fitting that he should be permanently commanded. He should be a commander. JAMES A. GARFIELD

I have never met a ragged boy in the street without feeling that I may owe him a salute, for I know not what possibilities may be buttoned up under his coat. - President James A. Garfield

If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should not grow old. JAMES A. GARFIELD

If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should not grow old.

No dates until you're sixteen. And no boyfriends, either.' I'm not quite sure how to tell Mom, but it looks like I don't just have one boyfriend. I have two.

Para los más jóvenes aquel apellido sonoro y agudo que oían pronunciar de vez en cuando estaba vagamente ligado a la leyenda de aquellos parajes, a sus historias más antiguas, ciertas o no, y a algunas personas muertas mucho tiempo atrás que antes de abandonar este mundo se encargaron de dejar bien grabado su nombre en la memoria colectiva.

Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes.

To the psychotherapist an old man who cannot bid farewell to life appears as feeble and sickly as a young man who is unable to embrace it.

Kids feel so strongly about what's going on today and what's happening to the world, and that's very inspiring. I feel more hopeful than ever before about the future.

The first thing that the boy called Smoke told Nick Waters was: "Your biology book's in my locker. The combination is 5-3-5." And the second thing he said was: "I didn't do that fire, man. I'm innocent.

The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid.

If you took away James's obsession with Judas Priest, you would have just another young man with goals and ambitions that changed day to day, with unrealistic expectations of the world, and without the perseverance or self-discipline to succeed at any endeavor.

building prisons is our number one social program for young men

No matter what their choice of music, in the lives of too many teenagers, recognition is more meaningful than accomplishment

Frank Sulloway, author of Born to Rebel, says that "Life's miseries fall disproportionately on children

When I was a kid I got busted for throwing a rock through a car window and egging a house on halloween.

I think this kind of a big name to hold up when you're nine years old. It seemed goofy. I used to tell people I wanted to change the world and they used to think the kid's really weird.