"When the wires are all down and your……" — 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 then, have you grown old."
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Samuel Ullman
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13 Quotes by Samuel Ullman
Samuel Ullman has 13 quotes on this site.
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Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy…
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Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite, for adventure over the love of ease. This…
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When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then…
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Youth is not a time of life - it is a state of mind.
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Whether seventy or sixteen, there is in every being's heart a love of wonder; the sweet amazement at the stars…
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Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your…
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Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle…
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You are as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fears; as young as your hope, as old as…
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In the central place of every heart, there is a recording chamber; so long as it receives messages of beauty,…
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Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
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Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing child-like appetite of…
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Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and…
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