Quotes about Youth

The preoccupations of seventeen-year-old girls--their looks, their clothes, their social life--do not change very much from generation to generation. But in every generation there seem to be a few who make other choices. Amy was one of the few.

Home is the best place to teach young men and women about God's kind of love.

Half light, half shade,She stood, a sight to make an old man young.

As an elder of the Americas and of the rest of the planet, it is my responsibility to care for and protect, to the best of my ability, the young.

Sometimes, wearing a scarf and a polo coat and no makeup and with a certain attitude of walking, I go shopping or just look at people living. But then, you know, there will be a few teenagers who are kind of sharp, and they'll say, 'Hey, just a minute. You know who I think that is?' And they'll start tailing me. And I don't mind.

I have found out in later years that we were very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn't know it then.

I've never been a great fan of crime fiction. I read Agatha Christie in my youth, but that's all.

Take advantage of the years of pioneering efforts. You might find this boring, as the young want to rush head on, as it were.

Of course I've had a problem with people taking me seriously because of my age. People are always going do that because you're less experienced; you haven't lived as much.

Goofy was the word that was used most often by my sisters because I've been this tall ever since I was 12 years old.

Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.

If those also of the younger sort would ask of themselves, why God should not have the flower and marrow of their age? And why they should give their strength to the devil?