Emily Dickinson on age
“Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.”
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Forever is composed of nows.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson To ignore or use silence is a cruel tool. Hence this quote: Silence is all we dread; there’s ransom in a voice; but silence is infinity.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Good times are always mutual; that is what makes good times.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson The past is not a package one can lay away.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson There is always one thing to be grateful for – that one is one’s self and not somebody else.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson My friends are my estate.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Heart, we will forget him, You and I, tonight! You must forget the warmth he gave, I will forget the light.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Those who have not found the heaven below, will fail of it above.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson A wounded deer leaps the highest.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Opinion is a flitting thing But Truth outlasts the Sun.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Pardon My Sanity In A World Insane.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson To be alive-is Power.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson We turn not older with years but newer every day.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Till I loved I never lived.
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Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
Natalie MooneyNatalie Mooney Everything ceases to fade Leaving my soul all the pain.
Sayed AbbasSayed Abbas To attain success everyone speaks about consistency, don’t give up & patience but no one talk about the start.
Rohit DeoraRohit Deora Take a moment to look back. Change the process slightly from your discovery. Start again.
Hei-Ran ParkHei-Ran Park The silence was broken with the music of your pain, but with every note i could see a part of you healing.
Sophie AliaSophie Alia It has been the craziest year filled with so many adventures, amazing friends, accomplishments & memories.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson They say what is lost can always be found in the last place you look but I wouldn’t be so sure that you’ll ever see this version of me again.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I want to see our demons complement each other for the rest of our lives.
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I’d like to be a bigger and more knowledgeable person ten years from now than I am today. I think that for all of us as we grow older, we must discipline ourselves to continue expanding, broadening, learning, keeping our minds active and open.
Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood It is important how we view the youth of our nation. To simply consider them as new age voters will be a big mistake. They are the new age power.
Narendra ModiNarendra Modi Age is a state of mind. Youth and age exist only among the ordinary people. All the more talented and exceptional of us; are sometimes old, just as we are sometimes happy, and sometimes sad.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse I began to travel by myself, in Europe, when I was eight years old. At that age I was already on the move between India and Swizerland, Switzerland and France, France and England. Administering my own finances like an adult.
Indira GandhiIndira Gandhi The period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
HerodotusHerodotus Men are most virile and most attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn, and I don’t have time to teach him.
Hedy LamarrHedy Lamarr I don’t worry about a number. I’m fine with aging.
Naomi CampbellNaomi Campbell Education is a liberating force, and in our age it is also a democratizing force, cutting across the barriers of caste and class, smoothing out inequalities imposed by birth and other circumstances.
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