Famous quotes containing the words young, person and/or concerned:
“There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.”
—Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)
“We say justly that the weak person is flat, for, like all flat substances, he does not stand in the direction of his strength, that is, on his edge, but affords a convenient surface to put upon. He slides all the way through life.... But the brave man is a perfect sphere, which cannot fall on its flat side and is equally strong every way.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Many are concerned about the monuments of the West and the East,—to know who built them. For my part, I should like to know who in those days did not build them,—who were above such trifling.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)