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Youth Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.
- He who travels in search of something which he has not got, travels away from himself and grows old even in youth among old things.
- When duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.
- The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide or genius; for…
- Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs.
- Only to youth will spring be spring.
- I am old, yet I look at wise men and see that I am very young. I look over those stars yonder, and into the…
- Ah Fate, cannot a man Be wise without a beard? East, West, from Beer to Dan, Say, was it never heard That wisdom might in…
- Nature is sanative, refining, elevating. How cunningly she hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses, and violets, and morning dew! Every inch of…
- Life is in short cycles or periods; we are quickly tired, but we have rapid rallies. A man is spent by his work, starved, prostrate;…
- The affections cannot keep their youth any more than men.
- Within, I do not find wrinkles and used heart, but unspent youth.
- In youth, we clothe ourselves with rainbows, and go as brave as the zodiac.
- How many attractions for us have our passing fellows in the streets, both male and female, which our ethics forbid us to express, which yet…
- The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is only a projection of his own soul, which he admires.
- Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.
- The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.
- I covet truth; beauty is unripe childhood's cheat; I leave it behind with the games of youth.
- In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a…
- So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, 'Thou must,' The youth whispers, 'I can.
- The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide or genius; for…
- A third felicity of age is that ithas found expression. The youth suffers not only from ungratified desires, but from powers untried, and from a…
More Youth Quotes
- Good habits formed at youth make all the difference. — Aristotle
- Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope. — Aristotle
- The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication. — Aristotle
- Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. — Aristotle
- What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so much it's almost paranoid. And LA is… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own. — Margaret Atwood
- Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming… — Jane Austen
- The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. — Richard Bach
- Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and… — Francis Bacon
- Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than… — Francis Bacon
- For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially… — Honore de Balzac
- If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and… — Honore de Balzac