Young And Old Quotes

“Growing up doesn't mean that you are older than someone, it means that you are no longer an amateur.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“To be young and not to know how, is bearable; to be old and not have the strength, is too great a weight to carry. And what's is so painful you can't sense your powers leaving you. It's hard for an old man to ensure such blows!”
― Ivan Turgenev, Home of the Gentry

“Relentless enthusiasm keeps us young.”
― Debasish Mridha

“Learning is the ecstasy of life which keeps our hearts young and our minds sharp.”
― Debasish Mridha

“The most ignorant and wasted youthful generation is the very one that the older generation uses to create social conflicts to their own youthful detriment!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

“Anyone who is forgetting to love is growing older. Anyone who is learning to fly with the wings of love are growing younger.”
― Debasish Mridha

“The principles of godliness must be ensured to be received by all in the community, city and the nation, even by the young and old.”
― Sunday Adelaja, The Mountain of Ignorance

“Lani and Alva had decided on molten upside-down cakes. If there were laws on the amount of chocolate one cupcake could have, molten cakes would break every one of them. The cake was her take on devil's food, the filling was was a melted, gooey blend of dark and Dutched chocolates with a spicy kick thrown in, and the glaze was a thick, glossy chocolate ganache. Alva declared them heavenly.”
― Donna Kauffman, Sugar Rush

“Camille really wanted to draw her. Paulette's face evoked little blades of grass from the roadside, wild violets, forget-me-nots, buttercups. A soft face, open, gentle, luminous, fine like Japanese paper. The lines of sorrow disappeared behind the vapor rising from the tea, and gave way to a thousand little kindnesses at the corners of her eyes.
Camille thought she was lovely.

Paulette was thinking exactly the same thing. She was so graceful, this young thing, so calm and elegant in her vagabond's trappings. She wished it were spring so she could show her the garden, the quince branches in bloom and the scent of the seringa. No, this girl was not like other girls.
An angel from heaven, who had to wear huge bricklayer's boots to stay down here among us.”
― Anna Gavalda, Hunting and Gathering

“Young bodies are beautiful, strong, flexible, and resilient. They have the fire of hope in their hearts. However, the fire can be a bit feral, like a young alley cat. It can go everywhere, in all directions, willy-nilly. It can turn all claws and spit or get nervous and run away. It pretends things that aren’t true and is afraid of showing what is true. The older cat bides their time. They have patience. They pull the fire inside and let it smoulder. They don’t waste energy on fights not worth the battle or where the casualties would be greater than the goal. They own their failures like scars, saying it would be wise to take them seriously. They are not ashamed of their loves. They value their spirit and let it grow. It’s in the eyes. The body may move less, but it has presence and power of a different sort. It is authentic.”
― Donna Goddard, Dance: A Spiritual Affair

“The fact that these young women, with their trim ankles, high cheekbones, good educations, bright eyes, little bosoms, and expensive clothes, keep coming to my bungalow and often to my bed, despite the fact that I'm old, fat, often drunk, beneath them on the social scale, and in love with a dead woman, only increases Jill's impatience with her own sex. Their foolishness drives her up the wall, and my willingness to assist them in their obvious folly is a constant bone of contention between us.”
― Larry McMurtry, Somebody's Darling

“When the wisdom of the old meets the energy of the young, society achieves true equilibrium of growth, progress, and stability.”
― Aloo Denish Obiero