It is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow… that are the aftermath of war.

An economically peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka is the dream of youth of the nation. My message for the youth is to collectively work for an inclusively developed Sri Lanka.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.

I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss.

My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.

You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.

When you are young you tend to do so many things that are not needed. When you get experience, you know what exactly what works for you and you tend to do things that you want.

Adults are obsolete children.

A youth, when at home, should be filial and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all and cultivate the friendship of the good. When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies.

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid.

As a medical doctor, I have known the face of adversity. I have seen much of death and dying, suffering and sorrow. I also remember the plight of students overwhelmed by their studies and of those striving to learn a foreign language. And I recall the fatigue and frustration felt by young parents with children in need.

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.

When I was younger, I was testing myself and questioning everything, but now it’s less about that and more about these are the years of my life with my family.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.

When I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that age. It’s like a time machine. I can remember everything. I can feel the wind. I can smell the air. Very actually. Very vividly.

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger.

Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.

When I was younger, I used to have more flair, I used to do more tricks, the nutmegs, the step-overs.

When I was young, I could not imagine being old. My mother said, and the doctor confirmed, that I had an unusual amount of energy; and it followed me into young adulthood.

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow.

Love is too young to know what conscience is.

Children are all foreigners.

Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.

Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.

The Make in India campaign has taken off and is backed with skill development. It is going to open new vistas for employment for the youth.

A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.

A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.

We will explore the mysteries of science and harness the power of technology and innovation. We will realise the opportunities of the digital world. Our youth will learn more from – and with – each other.

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.

Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink you want more.

Our modern society – especially in the West, and especially now – reveres youth.

The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor led to many very good things. If you follow the trail, it led to kicking Europeans out of Asia – that saved tens of millions of lives in India alone.

When I was young I felt really overwhelmed and confused by the desire not to end up in an office, doing something I didn’t believe in.

I love tango, and I used to dance when I was young.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.

I had a soft-spot in my heart for Ronald Reagan, if only because he was a sportswriter in his youth.

I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.

It is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.

I don’t like it when people who are young act like they’re 40. That’s taking too much on. Putting up a shield and trying to act like you’re so mature or whatever – I don’t try to act mature. Some people might say I’m mature for my age, but it’s not something I’m trying to do, you know? I’m just me.

I go to school the youth to learn the future.

Genius, when young, is divine.

I’ve never had a divorce, but I’ve seen so many of my friends, my sister, my family go through that stuff, so I try to write for the people that can’t write about it. I take on their sorrow, so I’m able to kind of express it, or their joy.

Basketball is booming, and it’s not just an Under Armour standpoint: it’s about the game itself. Kids going out and playing and being inspired by what we do on the court.

I’ve never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It’s probably because they have forgotten their own.

My age is very insignificant to me. I don’t think about it, but the world does. The world likes young people in general.

Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!

Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.

It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young.