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We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices read more
We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.
The error of youth is to believe that intelligence is a substitute for experience, while the error of age is read more
The error of youth is to believe that intelligence is a substitute for experience, while the error of age is to believe experience is a substitute for intelligence
 Youth dreams a bliss on this side of death.
 It dreams a rest, if not more deep,
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 Youth dreams a bliss on this side of death.
 It dreams a rest, if not more deep,
  More grateful than this marble sleep;
   It hears a voice within it tell:
    Calm's not life's crown, though calm is well.
     'Tis all perhaps which man acquires,
      But 'tis not what our youth desires. 
Youth today must be strong, unafraid, and a better taxpayer than its father.
Youth today must be strong, unafraid, and a better taxpayer than its father.
An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young
An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young
Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.
Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.
 A young Apollo, golden haired,
 Stands dreaming on the verge of strife,
  Magnificently unprepared
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 A young Apollo, golden haired,
 Stands dreaming on the verge of strife,
  Magnificently unprepared
   For the long littleness of life. 
Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.
Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.