“Fearlessness at twenty springs from not knowing challenges lie ahead. Fearlessness at fifty comes from having wrestled with life's challenges and learned from them.” LyingChallengesCourageKnowingSpringTwentiesFiftyNot KnowingFearlessness Author:Kathleen Turner
“From the foot of the pyramids I contemplate twenty centuries, buried in the sand. ... I came here to hold on to fleeting life, and I see all about me only death. ... I write this, not quite knowing what I'm saying, but I dry the ink with the dust of Egyptian queens.” WritingKnowingFeetCenturyTwentiesDustQueensDrySandBuriedContemplatingFleetingInkPyramidsEgyptianFleeting Life Author:Rachel
“A child should be allowed to take as long as she needs for knowing everything about herself, which is the same as learning to be herself. Even twenty-five years if necessary, or even forever. And it wouldn't matter if doing things got delayed, because nothing is really important but being oneself.” IfsNeedsShouldYearsChildrenLongImportantMatterForeverKnowingFiveTwentiesOneselfFive YearsTwenty FiveDelayedKnowing Everything Author:Laura Riding
“It's also hard for me to understand growing up not knowing where I came from. I searched for my parents - I started when I was twenty; I found both my mother and my father when I was twenty-two. Trying to catch up on twenty-two years that we can never get back, trying to reconcile that - that's a hard thing for me.” TryingYearsTwoHardMotherFoundFatherParentGrowing UpKnowingGrowingTwentiesTwo YearsGet BackNot KnowingReconcileHard ThingsTwenty Two Author:Michael Franti
“I think our culture views success as visibility, being seen as being successful. Whereas I've learned that success is rooted in helping and connecting to other people, and knowing where you can contribute. I've kind of spent my thirties doing that, because in my twenties I was seeking any kind of success.” PeopleThinkingKindHelpingCultureViewsKnowingSuccessfulTwentiesSeekingI've LearnedBeing SuccessfulRootedConnectingVisibility Author:Mike Birbiglia