Quotes about Boys

Youth must its ignorant impulse lend-- Age finds place in the rear. All wars are boyish and are fought by boys

Oh, boys, don't be sentimental; it's bad for the digestion!

But our sole delight was play; and for this we were punished by those who yet themselves were doing the like. But elder folks' idleness is called "business"; that of boys, being really the same, is punished by those elders; and none commiserates either boys or men.

The stillness, the solemnity that brooded in the woods, and the sense of loneliness, began to tell upon the spirits of the boys. They fell to thinking. A sort of undefined longing crept upon them. This took dim shape, presently—it was budding home-sickness. Even Finn the Red-Handed was dreaming of his doorsteps and empty hogsheads. But they were all ashamed of their weakness, and none was brave enough to speak his thought.

We are fighting to make those dear old places where we had played as children, safe for other boys and girls--fighting for the preservation and safety of all sweet, wholesome things.

Well, Jem was to be a soldier and see a greater battle than had ever been fought in the world; but that was as yet far in the future; and the mother, whose first-born son he was, was wont to look on her boys and thank God that the brave days of old

You'll never have to say that after this, Delilah. I will always love you." "World without end?" "World without end," answered Diana. They kissed each other, as in a rite. Two boys on the fence whooped derisively, but who cared?

Give me a man, for his sons make courageous soldiers while pretty boys can only decorate the dance.

As long as she lives she will never figure out why it is that some boys refuse to see that somebody loves them.

The mother of boys work son-up to son-down.

Grandfathers are just antique little boys.

One of the joys of working with boys is that you get your pay as you go along. You can observe the results of your leadership daily... Such satisfaction cannot be purchased at any price; it must be earned.