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/ 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, a |
| vigor of the emotions, a predominance |
| of courage over timidity, of the |
| appetite for adventure over love of |
| ease. |
| |
| Nobody grows old by merely living a |
| number of years; people grow old only |
| by deserting their ideals. Years |
| wrinkle the skin, but to give up |
| enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, |
| doubt, self-distrust, fear, and despair |
| -- these are the long, long years that |
| bow the head and turn the growing |
| spirit back to dust. |
| |
| Whether seventy or sixteen, there is in |
| every being's heart the love of wonder, |
| the sweet amazement at the stars and |
| the starlike things and thoughts, the |
| undaunted challenge of events, the |
| unfailing childlike appetite for what |
| next, and the joy and the game of life. |
| |
| You are as young as your faith, as old |
| as your doubt; as young as your |
| self-confidence, as old as your fear, |
| as young as your hope, as old as your |
| despair. |
| |
| So long as your heart receives messages |
| of beauty, cheer, courage, grandeur and |
| power from the earth, from man, and |
| from the Infinite, so long you are |
| young. |
| |
\ -- Samuel Ullman /
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