#young man

When I first ran for public office, it was with the passion and idealism of a young man who believed that government could help make our lives better, that public service was a calling and that citizenship demanded responsibilities. There was a greater good. ↗

— James McGreevey

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I was a very naive young man, and I may still be ignorant about a lot of things. ↗

— Joe Namath

#i #ignorant #lot #man #may

When about fifteen I once made a great scandal by taking out my knife in prayer meeting and assaulting a young man who, while I was kneeling down during the prayer, stood above me and squeezed my neck. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

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A young man is so strong, so mad, so certain, and so lost. He has everything and he is able to use nothing. ↗

— Thomas Wolfe

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The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it. ↗

— William Temple

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Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

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The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the having enough to live upon is often the means of preserving his self-respect. ↗

— James Payn

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A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it's pretty certain that she has his. ↗

— George Dennison Prentice

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Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom he loves. ↗

— Robert Southey

#god #good #loves #man #sent