George Sand Quotes

You're only young once, they say, but doesn't it go on for a long time? More years than you can bear.

Youth is the only thing worth having. When I find that I am growing old, I shall kill myself.

Too bad that youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions, it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

I am an old man but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life.

I love the acquaintance of young people; because, in the first place, I do not like to think myself growing old. In the next place, young acquaintances must last longest, if they do last; and then, sir, young men have more virtue than old men; they have more generous sentiments in every respect.

At 66 years of age, I feel about 20.

I see myself as the world's oldest living teenager... I try to get as much kick out of things as possible.

Youth is still where you left it, and that's where it should stay. Anything that was worth taking on life's journey, you'll already have taken with you.

If you look in the eyes of the young, you see flame. If you look in the eyes of the old, you see light.

Youth is a frame of mind. If you get out there and enjoy it, you can have it at any time of your life.

To me, young has no meaning. It's something you can do nothing about, nothing at all. But youth is a quality. And if you have it, you never lose it.

Only to youth will spring be spring.

Youth is a question of energy.

Our youth we can have but to-day, We may always find time to grow old.

I like to think that I'm not old yet.

Youth is immortal; Tis the elderly only grow old!

Youth is a perpetual intoxication; it is a fever of the mind.

Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age.

Youth is not restored by the dyeing of your hair.

I have known plenty of people who, in their later years, had the energy of children and the kind of curiosity and fascination with things like little children. I think we can keep that, and I think it's important to keep that part of staying young. But I also think it's great fun growing old.

I promise to keep on living as though I expected to live forever. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only be deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.

youth is a marvelous garment

Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth.

Youth had been a habit of hers for so long that she could not part with it.