Alas Quote by Sargent Shriver

I think that the ideals of youth are fine, clear and unencumbered; and that the real art of living consists in keeping alive the…

— Rockwell Kent

We're all idealistic when young.

— Pat Oliphant

Youth is not an essential, but rather an accidental property. Nobody is in essence young. One either ceases to be or ceases to be…

— Rebecca Goldstein

Youth is a period of idealism. The Communists attract young people by appealing directly to that idealism. Too often, others have failed either to…

— Douglas Hyde

We've always idealized youth and then destroyed youth. That has happened since the beginning of time, and I'm fascinated by why we do that.

— Drew Goddard

“...I always thought youth were idealists - now, I'm not so sure - I'm more idealistic now then at 17...”

— John Geddes

My idealism has not abated, but I have witnessed it withering away nationwide, to the point where at least among the young, to have…

— Charles Kennedy

Idealism in the young, I guess I'm saying, is curiosity as well as goodness trying to express itself.

— Dorothy Day

“So much for youthful idealism.”

— Ian McEwan

It is never wise to discourage youthful idealism.

— Stephen Kinzer

Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of the sincerely insincere.

— V. S. Pritchett

A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve…

— Anonymous