Quotes About Youth

The most heartbreakingly beautiful girl I ever hope to see

Only those with skin as thick as elephant hide can hope to sail through their teens unscathed by self-doubt and bouts of depression.

That is how we lived, happily and without hope. I was very young then, and I did not miss having a future because I did not know I was entitled to one.

I taught myself to drive. I hope that the child in me never dies.

Let no one presume to give the feelings of a young woman on receiving the assurance of that affection of which she has scarcely allowed herself to entertain a hope.

But ignorance is happiness,When young Hope is to show the way

I believe the only hope for mankind lies in the hands of our young people.

Picture anybody growing up so stupid he didn't know that hope is just another phase you'll grow out of.

Mentre che la speranza ha fior del verde

I hope every night is stunning where you are. In my words, you are a legend.

... back then the sky seemed so vast. And now the sky above me... is low, and narrow, and heavy.

When I was young, I thought I was a bird at one time. Then they told me I can't fly, so I stopped flying.

Any kid will tell you that, yes, their music is both an escape and a survival mechanism, and that sometimes the music givesbthem hope and inspiration. It doesn't just placate and pacify.

You two are children almost grown. Your hearts have not hardened to the realities of the world. Your dreams have not fallen through your fingers. You still know hope.

There are growing buds in universities which will freshen the future.

I tell you that studying humanities in high school is more important than mathematics - mathematics is too sharp an instrument, no good for kids.

What we pluralists have to do is to say to the people standing on the faith line, particularly the young ones, no, pluralism is the wish of the creator. It is the greatest opportunity for humanity.

A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started ... the fate of humanity is in his hands.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Everybody's trying to leave their mark on the world. That's why there's graffiti and babies.

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

It wasn't that no one asked me to the prom, it was that no one would tell me where it was.

Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl

Growing old is compulsory - growing up is optional.