Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. —Herbert Henry Asquith time age youth Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email
More quotations from Herbert Henry Asquith If youth only knew: if age only could. —Herbert Henry Asquith youth Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email
If youth only knew: if age only could. —Herbert Henry Asquith youth Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email
More quotations tagged with “youth” Frederick William was deeply disappointed by his son, the future Frederick the Great, who in his youth seemed more interested in French culture, music, and literature than in the military virtues. The father's disaffection turned to actual hatred, and his treatment became so harsh that the young prince decided to run away, with the aid of two accomplices, Lieutenants Katte and Keith. The plan was discovered; Keith escaped, but the prince and Katte were captured and court-martialed. Katte was sentenced to life imprisonment, Frederick to solitary confinement. Frederick William, deciding that Katte's sentence was too lenient, had him beheaded in the presence of Prince Frederick. This drastic measure had the desired effect; Frederick asked the king's pardon and began to apply himself to acquiring the Prussian military philosophy. —The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes history music escape art youth culture literature Prussia Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive. —Jessamyn West ignorance communication youth forgetting Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email How can one accept—let alone enjoy—aging in a culture where God is twenty-five; where advertisements are filled with twenty-somethings in halter tops and tight t-shirts, unless the ad is for a drug to treat incontinence, high blood pressure, or elevated cholesterol? What about the wisdom of age? What about endurance? What about the beauty of a face etched by years that were not always easy? —Genie Zeiger God easy wisdom acceptance beauty aging age youth incontinence Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email Even very recently, the elders could say [to the youths]: "You know, I have been young and you never have been old." But today's young people can reply: "You never have been young in the world I am young in, and you never can be."… This break between generations is wholly new: it is planetary and universal. —Margaret Mead now generations experience world youth old age Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email You can only be young once. But you can always be immature. —Dave Barry maturity youth Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email
Frederick William was deeply disappointed by his son, the future Frederick the Great, who in his youth seemed more interested in French culture, music, and literature than in the military virtues. The father's disaffection turned to actual hatred, and his treatment became so harsh that the young prince decided to run away, with the aid of two accomplices, Lieutenants Katte and Keith. The plan was discovered; Keith escaped, but the prince and Katte were captured and court-martialed. Katte was sentenced to life imprisonment, Frederick to solitary confinement. Frederick William, deciding that Katte's sentence was too lenient, had him beheaded in the presence of Prince Frederick. This drastic measure had the desired effect; Frederick asked the king's pardon and began to apply himself to acquiring the Prussian military philosophy. —The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes history music escape art youth culture literature Prussia Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email
There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive. —Jessamyn West ignorance communication youth forgetting Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email
How can one accept—let alone enjoy—aging in a culture where God is twenty-five; where advertisements are filled with twenty-somethings in halter tops and tight t-shirts, unless the ad is for a drug to treat incontinence, high blood pressure, or elevated cholesterol? What about the wisdom of age? What about endurance? What about the beauty of a face etched by years that were not always easy? —Genie Zeiger God easy wisdom acceptance beauty aging age youth incontinence Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email
Even very recently, the elders could say [to the youths]: "You know, I have been young and you never have been old." But today's young people can reply: "You never have been young in the world I am young in, and you never can be."… This break between generations is wholly new: it is planetary and universal. —Margaret Mead now generations experience world youth old age Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email
You can only be young once. But you can always be immature. —Dave Barry maturity youth Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email