~ Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life. ~
~ Youth is, after all, just a moment, but it is the moment, the spark, that you always carry in your heart. ~
~ Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die. ~
~ Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth ~
~ Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind. You are as old as your doubt, your fear, your despair. The way to keep young is to keep your faith young. Keep your self-confidence young. Keep your hope young. ~
~ Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope. ~
~ The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently ~
~ Youth is that period when a young boy knows everything but how to make a living ~
~ There is a place in God's sun for the youth 'farthest down' who has the vision, the determination, and the courage to reach it ~
~ Youth condemns; maturity condones ~
~ All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish. ~
~ I've always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested development ~