Thoughts on being young

Published: Feb 14, 2019 01:52:33 PM IST
Updated: Feb 14, 2019 01:59:03 PM IST

It takes a long time to become young.
—Pablo Picasso

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.
—Henry Ford

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
—Lucille Ball

The power of youth is the common wealth for the entire world.
—Kailash Satyarthi

You’re only young once, but you can be immature forever.
—Germaine Greer

Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?
—Anne Frank

Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.
—Albert Einstein

I always tell young girls, surround yourself with goodness. I learnt early on how to get the haters out
of my life.
—Michelle Obama

For me, there are two types of people: The young and the experienced.
—APJ Abdul Kalam

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

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

(This story appears in the 15 February, 2019 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)

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