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Young people, who are still uncertain of their identity, often try on a succession of masks in the hope of finding the one which suits them — the one, in fact, which is not a mask.
W. H. Auden1907–1973Forewords and Afterwords (1973)
When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.
Patrick Rothfussborn 1973The Name of the Wind (2007), Chapter 12, “Puzzle Pieces Fitting” (p. 88)
- Children
How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,
Stol’n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!
John Milton1608–1674On His Having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-three (1631)
- Age
- Time
To look upon you was to rejoice that so fair a thing could be; to think of you is still to be young.
J. M. Barrie1860–1937The Little Minister (1891), Ch. 1: The Love-Light
- Beauty
To the youngsters of today, I say believe in the future, the world is getting better; there still is plenty of opportunity.
Walt Disney1901–1966The Quotable Walt Disney (2001)
- Hope
I’ll say one thing about an oil boom; it will teach a kid that Life’s a pretty rotten thing as quick as anything I can think of.
Robert E. Howard1906–1936From a letter to Farnsworth Wright (c. Summer 1931)
- Life & Death
If I could offer one piece of advice to young people thinking about their future, it would be this: Don’t preconceive. Find out what the opportunities are.
Thomas Sowellborn 1930Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays (1999)
- Advice
When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way met our original want; the desire which formed in us in early youth, undirected, and of its own accord.
Willa Cather1873–1947The Song of the Lark (1915), Part VI, Ch. 2
To all who come to this happy place: Welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future.
Walt Disney1901–1966Speech on the opening day of Disneyland (17 July 1955)
- Age
In youth men are apt to write more wisely than they really know or feel; and the remainder of life may be not idly spent in realizing and convincing themselves of the wisdom which they uttered long ago.
Nathaniel Hawthorne1804–1864The Snow-Image, and Other Tales, Preface (1852)
- Wisdom
- Writing
How can you say young girls don’t get it? They’re our future. Our future doctors, lawyers, mothers, presidents, they kind of keep the world going.
Harry Stylesborn 1994Interview by Cameron Crowe in Rolling Stone (18 April 2017)
- Women
The young watch television twenty-four hours a day, they don’t read and they rarely listen.
Federico Fellini1920–1993I’m a Born Liar (2003), “Younger Generation”
- Television
I feel that there is something in having passed one’s childhood beside the big river, which is incommunicable to those people who have not.
T. S. Eliot1888–1965Letter to Marquis Childs quoted in St. Louis Post Dispatch (15 October 1930) and in the address “American Literature and the American Language” delivered at Washington University (9 June 1953) published in Washington University Studies, New Series …
The basic clay of our work is the youth; we place our hope in it and prepare it to take the banner from our hands.
Che Guevara1928–1967Man and Socialism in Cuba (1965)
- Hope
She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.
Jane Austen1775–1817Persuasion (1817), Chapter IVIn context
- Age