Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old
by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give
up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
-- Samuel Ullman
by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give
up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
-- Samuel Ullman
Related:
- Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years.
We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle... - Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind;
it is a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination... - When I heard that trees grow a new 'ring' for each year they live,
I thought, we humans are kind of like that: we grow... - If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon
the heart.
The spirit should not grow old. James A.... - We spend our years as a tale that is told.
-- Old Testament
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Psalm xc,... - The days of our years are threescore years and ten;
and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years... - Our youth we can have but to-day,
We may always find time to grow old.
Bishop Berkeley (1684-1753) -- Can Love be controlled... - Grant that the old Adam in these persons may be so buried,
that the new man may be raised up in them. -- Book... - May you grow old
disgracefully...
