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" My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the Church. "

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" As women, we get the message about how to be a good girl - how to be a good, pretty girl - from such an early age. Then, at the same time, we're told that well-behaved girls won't change the world or ever make a splash. "

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Change

Good

Time

" Half a truth is often a great lie. "

" Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. "

Benjamin Franklin

Three

Smell

" Being nice to everybody, saying hello to everyone in the room, signing every autograph; it was instilled in me at a very young age that this was what I was suppose to do. But I don't think it helps at all. I see more people who are rude or arrogant being rewarded - but, this way, I can put my head on the pillow at night. "

Brooke Shields

Think

Saying

" Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody. "

" It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth. "

" You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old. "

" The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job. "

" Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion. "

Benjamin Franklin

Rejoices

His

" We're seeing the arrival of conversational robots that can walk in our world. It's a golden age of invention. "

" Age is inevitable. Aging isn't. "

" He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money. "

" I grew up thinking that I would be an ambassador secret agent. From age 14 to right before I graduated college, I was really interested in the foreign service and the United Nations. I learned to speak French, Turkish, and all these things. "

" Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. "

" You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned. "

" Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections. "

" It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again. "

William James

World

Age

" I've always been involved with the performing arts from a young age. "

" I have the problems of, I must confess, old age. "

" Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning. "

" As a father, I believe that involving children in sports at a young age is generally, a wise proposition. I believe that healthy competition is... well... healthy; that sporting events foster a spirit of teamwork that far surpasses the events themselves; and that active participation keeps children moving and is good for their self-esteem. "

" Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in good things because of the grace of what has been, and the latter in order that, while he is young, he may at the same time be old, because he has no fear of the things which are to come. "

" You should never reveal your true age. "

" Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind. "

" The finest lesson I've learned with age is that all I need is a small team of comrades who inspire me, try not to judge me, and remind me when I'm judging myself. "

Lake Bell

Myself

Team

" The most inspiring piece of advice I've gotten is simply to persevere. My mom taught me to always keep going no matter what from an early age. When it feels too difficult to push forward, I always remind myself, 'This too shall pass,' and then I redouble my efforts. "

" If you love somebody, you love them. My parents had a 25-year age gap between them and my mum was the breadwinner, my dad the house husband. I'm a strong believer that a good relationship can work, whatever the situation. "

" Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. "

" In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it. "

" I want to get old gracefully. I want to have good posture, I want to be healthy and be an example to my children. "