Age Quote by Mary Wortley Montagu Download Open image “As I approach a second childhood, I endeavor to enter into the pleasures of it.” — Mary Wortley Montagu ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Age Approach Childhood Childhood Endeavor Children Endeavor Enter Pleasures Pleasure Pleasures Second Child Second Childhood
One of the reasons I get so much joy out of my own children's childhoods is that I'm having my first childhood myself. — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
Childhood is the province of the imagination and when I immerse myself in it, I re-create it as it was, as it could have… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
When you're a kid, to be honest, you could be in the worst situation ever, but you're still going to have ways to enjoy… — Halima Aden Copy Share Image
Some of my greatest pleasures have come from finding ways to overcome obstacles. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
One of the most important lessons of childhood is discovering what you like to do. — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Theres a child within me. Everything is fascinating. The hunger to learn, do better and more creative things never goes. — Madhuri Dixit Copy Share Image
The pious farmer, who ne'er misses pray'rs, With patience suffers unexpected rain; He blesses Heav'n for what its bounty spares, And sees, resign'd, a… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
People wish their enemies dead - but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone! — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide,- In part she is to blame that has been tried: He comes too near that comes… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
I believe more follies are committed out of complaisance to the world, than in following our own inclinations. — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
We are educated in the grossest ignorance, and no art omitted to stifle our natural reason; if some few get above their nurses instructions,… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
It is 11 years since I have seen my figure in a glass [mirror]. The last reflection I saw there was so disagreeable I… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
“None strive to know their proper merit But strain for wisdom, beauty, spirit And lose the praise that is their due When they've the… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
I need a bath." He chuckled. "You smell of smoke, as do I." The duke turned, leaning heavily on his cane. "Jameson, open the… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
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As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion. — Marion Jones Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I am just enjoying the dream of being Milan coach at the age of 40. — Gennaro Gattuso Copy Share Image
Age is an accumulation of life and loss. Adulthood is a series of lines crossed. — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
I calculated that if I live up to the age of 80, then I end up using 450 toothbrushes in my life. All that… — Dia Mirza Copy Share Image
Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image