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> [When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at twenty, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch the waves of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-ullman/when-the-aerials-are-down-and-your-spirit-is-covered-with-snows-of/)

[Samuel Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-ullman/)

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## More by Samuel Ullman

> [If youth only knew, if age only could.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-ullman/if-youth-only-knew-if-age-only-could/)

[Samuel Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-ullman/)

> [Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite, for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-ullman/youth-means-a-temperamental-predominance-of-courage-over-timidity-of/)

[Samuel Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-ullman/)

> [Youth is not a time of life - it is a state of mind. It is not a matter of red cheeks, red lips…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-ullman/youth-is-not-a-time-of-life-it-is-a-state-of-mind-it-is-not-a-matter/)

[Samuel Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-ullman/)

> [You are as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fears; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-ullman/you-are-as-young-as-your-self-confidence-as-old-as-your-fears-as/)

[Samuel Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-ullman/)

> [Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-ullman/nobody-grows-old-merely-by-living-a-number-of-years-we-grow-old-by/)

[Samuel Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-ullman/)

> [Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-ullman/youth-is-not-a-time-of-life-it-is-a-state-of-mind-it-is-not-a-matter-2/)

[Samuel Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-ullman/)

> [Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing child-like appetite of what's next, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-ullman/whether-sixty-or-sixteen-there-is-in-every-human-being-s-heart-the/)

[Samuel Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-ullman/)

> [In the central place of every heart, there is a recording chamber; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-ullman/in-the-central-place-of-every-heart-there-is-a-recording-chamber-so/)

[Samuel Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-ullman/)

> [When the wires are all down and your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-ullman/when-the-wires-are-all-down-and-your-heart-is-covered-with-the-snows/)

[Samuel Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-ullman/)

> [Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-ullman/years-may-wrinkle-the-skin-but-to-give-up-enthusiasm-wrinkles-the/)

[Samuel Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-ullman/)

> [Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-ullman/maturity-is-the-ability-to-think-speak-and-act-your-feelings-within/)

[Samuel Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-ullman/)

> [When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-ullman/when-the-aerials-are-down-and-your-spirit-is-covered-with-snows-of/)

[Samuel Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-ullman/)

> [Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing child-like appetite of what's next, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-ullman/whether-60-or-16-there-is-in-every-human-being-s-heart-the-lure-of/)

[Samuel Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-ullman/)

> [Youth is not a time of life - it is a state of mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-ullman/youth-is-not-a-time-of-life-it-is-a-state-of-mind/)

[Samuel Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-ullman/)

> [When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-ullman/when-the-aerials-are-down-and-your-spirit-is-covered-with-snows-of-2/)

[Samuel Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-ullman/)

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