Young Quotes: Inspiring Words for the Youthful Spirit

"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions"

"Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile"

"Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth"

"In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience"

Oscar Wilde, Dramatist

"I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old"

Laurence Housman, Playwright

"Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to talking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young"

Sigmund Freud, Psychologist

"There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young"

Thomas Sowell, Economist

"The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members"

Adam Weishaupt, Clergyman

"Develop your eccentricities while you are young. That way, when you get old, people won't think you're going gaga"

David Ogilvy, Businessman

"Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real progress. People who lived for ever would not only hamper and discourage the young, but they would themselves lack sufficient stimulus to be creative"

Alfred Adler, Psychologist

"I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition"

Chief Joseph, Leader

"People assume I'm out there having this great life, but money doesn't erase the pain. When you're young you barrel through life, making choices without thinking of repercussions. A few years down the line, you wake up in a certain place and wonder how the hell you got there"

Jennifer Lopez, Musician

"Now I know why tigers eat their young"

Al Capone, Criminal

"I started out as a very young girl in Hollywood doing westerns portraying a mother with a couple of kids"

Dorothy Malone, Actress

"Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be"

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer

"We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions; and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age, I missed it coming and going"

J.B. Priestley, Writer

"I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass"

Maya Angelou, Poet

"Lots of young players have triumphed at United, so why can't it happen to me? I'm not worried I'm young - it's an incentive to do the best I can"

Cristiano Ronaldo, Athlete

"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young"

Henry Ford, Businessman

"Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old"

John Ciardi, Dramatist

"It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions"

John Ciardi, Dramatist

"Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members"

Pearl S. Buck, Novelist

"And when I was young, my family was perfectly nice. I write a lot about it, as you noticed. But it was rather limited. I think, I don't think anyone in my family would really feel I'd done them an injustice by saying that. We didn't see many people. There were many books. It was as if I wanted to get away from home"

Christopher Hitchens, Author

"It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption"

Charles de Montesquieu, Philosopher

"All I can say to the young players is, enjoy every moment of it. Just enjoy every moment of it. Your career goes by very quickly"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"I am not young enough to know everything"

James M. Barrie, Playwright

"Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing"

G. M. Trevelyan, Historian

"Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went"

Omar Khayyam, Poet

"I think Michael Crawford realised, I think we all realised, once we'd gone the route of casting a very young girl, you can't really cast a 65 year old man opposite. Slightly different resonance I think. No, we weren't going to go there. We'd have Jack Nicholson in the lead"

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer

"I never went to college when I was young and am looking forward to giving it a try... at age 65!"

Martin Sheen, Actor

"Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily"

Thomas Szasz, Psychologist

"It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young"

Konrad Lorenz, Scientist

"But I think that any young drummer starting out today should get himself a great teacher and learn all there is to know about the instrument that he wants to play"

Buddy Rich, Musician

"I think retirement's for old people. I'm still in the business, thank you. I have a young child of nine years old, and I want to live as long as I can to see him grow up. I'm enjoying my life and I want to stick around for as long as I can"

Harrison Ford, Actor

"Nothing is more beautiful than the love that has weathered the storms of life. The love of the young for the young, that is the beginning of life. But the love of the old for the old, that is the beginning of things longer"

Jerome K. Jerome, Author

"I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it"

Francis Ford Coppola, Director

"Oh, I started out young. They handed me a cotton sack when I was about 8 years old. Give me a little small one, tell me to fill it up. I never did like the farm but I was out there with my grandmother, didn't want to get away from around her too far"

Muddy Waters, Musician

"I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, 'Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.' I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it's not that simple"

Sheryl Sandberg, Businessman

"I don't feel like a star; I never have. I don't feel like a star; I never have. I always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one. I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself"

Shawn Johnson, Athlete

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