高一英语作文：Back to childhood（20篇）

Dear Mary, Pressure is a serious problem in today’s world. I know you are under too much pressure. You can’t get on well with your classmates; you may worry about your exams. I’m always under pressure, too. My parents want me to be the top student in class. So they send me to all kinds of training classes at weekends.

Last Monday evening, I had a talk with my mother. I told her I was not lazy. I really felt tired. I needed time to relax. My mother agreed with me at last. So I think a conversation with your parents is necessary to solve the problem. Less pressure, better life! Best wishes to you! Your, Jane

亲爱的玛丽，压力是当今世界的一个严重问题。我知道你承受太多的压力。你不能和你的同学相处得很好，你可能会担心你的考试。我总是在压力下。我父母想让我成为一流的学生。所以他们在周末送我去各种培训班。

上个星期一晚上，我和我的妈妈说了一次。我告诉她我不懒。我真的感到很累。我需要时间放松。我妈妈终于同意了。所以我想和你父母的谈话是解决问题的必要的。更少的压力，更好的生活！最美好的祝愿给你！

When talk about tennis, most people’s reaction is money, because for

Chinese people, it needs a lot of money to play tennis, so only the rich people

can have the chance to be a tennis player. But now, as our country’s economy

develops fast and the globalization of tennis, playing tennis is not an

untouchable dream, everyone can have access to tennis.

Tennis match is very popular in the western country, every year, there are

a lot of tennis tour matches, ten years ago, not so many Chinese people know

about the tennis matches, but as the game become more and more popular, people

start to fall in love with tennis match. We can see that Chinese tennis players

start to show on the world stage, they have won so much honor. Li Na is the

first Asian player to win the grand slam, her great success inspires so many

Chinese players to work on the tennis career.

Tennis is the world’s third game, football and basketball rank first and

second. The globalization of the tennis will make more and more people fall in

love with tennis.

I seem to recall best a journey we made by tram one winter night.

We were going to visit my Granny at Westoe, and I was very excited, because an evening excursion was something quite unheard of for me. It had been raining; the gas lamps lit the gleaming pavements and cobbles with a doubled radiance. The shaking tram wires were sending down showers of white raindrops. Everything in the ram seemed fresh and glittering. The breezy windows sparkled with long zigzags of rain and the passing street lamp flared gorgeously through the panels of blue and yellow and ruby glass. Outside, it was cold and windy, and we could feel the gale buffeting against the side of the tram, making it sway and lurch ore than usual, and throwing the passengers of song, and the fresh, clean, cold sea-wind was blowing right through the upper deck. Above, a high half-moon seemed to be skidding along on its back through piles of black, white-lined rags. It was a wild night, with a sense of magic in the offing. The people in the tram did not like ordinary mortals; a kind of exhilaratinggaietyhadseizedthem,anditseseememed to lighten their bodies and illuminate their faces. At times I was sure we were really flying.

高一英语作文：The Double Ninth Festival

The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the Chong Yang Festival, a traditional festival in China. The celebrating activities are various and romantic ,including climbing mountains , appreciating chrysanthemums , wearing dogwoods , eating the Chong Yang cake and so on . “Nine” has the same pronunciation as the Chinese character “jiu” which stands for ”a long time” , and is the biggest single figure . Therefore it indicts longevity. There have been a lot of poems and works celebrating Chong Yang Festival and praising chrysanthemums since ancient times. People also believe that climbing mountains can expel bad luck, and indicates “climbing to a higher position” and “longevity”. China designates the ninth day of the ninth month as Senior ‘s Day , which combine tradition with modern times subtly to turn it into a festival for respecting , caring about , loving , and helping the elderly people .

农历九月初九为中国传统的节日—重阳节。庆祝重阳节的活动多彩而浪漫，包括登高远眺、观赏菊花、遍插茱萸、吃重阳糕等。“九”与汉字“久”同音，又是个位数字之最，因此寓意长寿长久。自古以来，有不少贺重阳用菊花的诗词佳作。人们还以为，登高可以驱除霉运，意指“晋升高位”和“长寿”。中国把九月九日定为老人节，传统与现代巧妙地结合，使之成为一个尊老、敬老、助老的节日。

高一英语作文：我对考试作弊的看法

My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations 我对考试作弊的看法

It is known to us all that some students cheat in examinations at school.

As students, we often take examinations at school, but sometimes we have too many examinations which are too difficult for us. On the other hand, some of us are lazy and dont work hard at their lessons. So when taking examinations, they sometimes cheat in order to get better results to please their parents and teachers.

In my opinion, it is wrong to cheat in examinations because it breaks the rules of schools. We students should be honest and try to get good results by studying hard instead of cheating in examinations. Whats more, we should improve our study methods and get well prepared for examinations.

高一英语作文：读书的好处的英语作文

When Im free or in trouble, I always take out a book and read quietly. In no time, Ive put my heart into it so that Ill forget all the troubles. Its in this way that Ive formed the habit of reading in any time.

Little boys as I was, I was interest in picture books and storybooks. I was struck by them. No sooner had I entered the middle school than I began to read novel, plays, and essays and so on. I found I could get much from them. Little by little I took great interest in literature and last term I won the first prize in the composition contest among middle-school students in Zhe Jiang.

Reading “The Emperors New Clothes”, I had to let out a burst of laughter over his fool. “The Little Match Girl” couldnt keep me from crying for her misery. “Robinson Crusoe” took me into a strange world full of danger. And I was also deeply impressed by Helen Kellers patience and perseverance… Besides these, books also tell me other thing -how to be a man and how to tell the difference between right and wrong. In a word, good books can make me know what I didnt before. So I think of a good book as my best friend.

Ill never forget this famous saying,“Good books are best friends who never turn their backs upon us.”

高一英语作文：兴趣的作用

Everybody has his or her interest， and interests differ widely from person to person because of age， sex health and education. To some extent， interest also reflects one＇s ability or wish. Interest plays an important part in our daily life. As a middle school student interest is of great importance in study. If you want to learn something well， you have to show interest in it， which is quite possible. Once you have found your way into the subject， you may have also found a world of curiosities.

In our times， interest may not only result in skill and knowledge but also lead to great inventions and discoveries. To be a successful person in the world one should develop one＇s interest.

The majority Han Chinese have long followed the tradition of eating laba rice porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. The date usually falls in min-January and is a traditional Chinese festival.

Legend about the origin of this festivity abounds One maintains that over 3,000 years ago sacrificial rites were held in the twelfth lunar month when people offered up their prey to the gods of heaven and earth. The Chinese characters for the hunt and the twelfth month were interchangeable then, and ever since la has been used to refer to both. Since the festival was held on the eighth day of the last month, people later appended the number eighth , giving us the current laba.

Buddhism was well accepted in the areas inhabited Han Chinese, who believed that Sakyamuni, the first Buddha and founder of the religion, attained enlightenment on 12/8. Sutras were chanted in the temples and rice porridge with beans, nuts and dried fruit was prepared for the Buddha. With time the custom extended, especially in rural areas where peasants would pray for a plentiful harvest in this way.

There is, however, another touching story. When Sakyamuni was on his way into the high mountains in his quest for understanding and enlightenment, he grew tired and hungry. Exhausted from days of walking, he passed into unconsciousness by a river in India. A shepherdess found him there and fed him her lunch.

[高一英语作文腊八节介绍

My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations 我对考试作弊的看法

It is known to us all that some students cheat in examinations at school.

As students, we often take examinations at school, but sometimes we have too many examinations which are too difficult for us. On the other hand, some of us are lazy and dont work hard at their lessons. So when taking examinations, they sometimes cheat in order to get better results to please their parents and teachers.

In my opinion, it is wrong to cheat in examinations because it breaks the rules of schools. We students should be honest and try to get good results by studying hard instead of cheating in examinations. Whats more, we should improve our study methods and get well prepared for examinations.

My hometown is no strange steep mountains, also does not have the spectacular waterfalls, less famous scenic spots. But in my heart, there is a kind of beauty, a kind of indescribable beauty. A kind of elegant and not common, expensive and not every beauty; The beauty of a deep-rooted, never die; Let me is most lasting. Hometown is born I keep my place, where there is my familiar homeland; I have loved ones; My childhood, I have wonderful memories.

Home, seems to be inclusive, and then when I was frustrated, it let me enjoy the catharsis; I am happy again, it let me sing; When I was a success, it warns me proud; When I was a failure, it encouraged me dont be discouraged. As long as in my hometown, a smile, a concern greetings, sincere encouragement, can let a person feel incomparable happiness; As long as in my hometown, a bunch of beautiful flowers, a wisp of thick tender feelings, a sympathetic regrets, can let people comprehend the true meaning of personal. It found that, hometown is so warm.

Hometown, is a boating shelter, faced with difficulties, it will sincerely accept you; Home, is an umbrella when it rains, when meet danger, it will take you to keep out; Home, is one of the long drought desert on pools, twinkle when youre cornered, it also in silently for you encouragement, come on, let the sentence "all road, away from her" become a reality; Home was a sea of light, when you dont know the direction, it is right in front of guidance for you.

Home, sounds so nice. It is standing behind me in silence the backer, is when I hunger meal, is when I was ill, plaster, is the warmth of my mind most deep place. Home of the patch, ever let me step, it is so smooth. The silk hometown trickle, ever let me drink, its so sweet. Hometown of the food, feed I grew up, it is so sweet.

Dont say mountain, located in the hometown of the water, dont talk about hometown more people who do not speak hometown, alone home, can let a person silent.

我的家乡没有奇特险峻的大山，也没有雄伟壮观的瀑布，更没有远近闻名的景点。但是在我的心中，却有一种美，一种无以名状的美;一种雅而不俗、贵而不鄙的美;一种刻骨铭心、永不逝去的美;让我久久难以忘怀。家乡是生我养我的地方，那里有我熟悉的故土;有我挚爱的亲人;有我的童年、有我美好的回忆。

家乡、似乎可以包容一切，再我失意的时候、它让我尽情的宣泄;再我快乐的时候，它让我放声高歌;在我成功的时候、它警告我不要骄傲;在我失败的时候、它鼓励我不要气馁。只要在家乡，一个会声的微笑、一声关切的问候、一句真诚的鼓励、就可以让人感受到无比的幸福;只要在家乡，一束美丽的鲜花、一缕浓浓的柔情、一声同情的惋惜、都能让人感悟人身的真谛。这才发现，家乡是如此温暖。

家乡、是船泊的避风港湾，在遇到困难的时候，它还会诚心的接纳你;家乡、是下雨时的一把伞，在碰到危险的时候，有它给你遮挡;家乡、是久旱荒漠上的一汪清泉，在你走投无路的时候，它还在默默的为你鼓励、加油，让那一句“山重水复疑无路，柳暗花明又一村”成为现实;家乡还是出海时的明灯，在你不知道前进方向的时候，它还在前面正确的为你指引。

家乡，听上去还是那么亲切。它就是默默立在我后面的靠山、是我饥饿时的饭菜、是我生病时的膏药、是我心灵最深处的温暖。家乡的那寸方土，曾让我踏过，它是那么的平稳。家乡的那丝细流，曾让我喝过，它是那么甜润。家乡的那些食物，曾喂养我长大，它是那样的香甜。

不说家乡的山，也不谈家乡的水，更不讲家乡的人，就单单家乡的情，都会让人沉默。

Qianshan is a new economic zone with a population of more than three hundred thousand. Before the reform and opening up, Qianshan was only a small fishing-dominated village. There was no industry developing here and there were only a couple of schools. However, with the reform and opening up, everything has greatly changed. From then on, many foreign investors invest in here, which promotes rapid economic growth. Many large factories and a large port have been built. The port connects with many cities at home and abroad. In addition, there is train station and airport. They contribute a well-developed transportation system. Education has been greatly developed and the first university has been built here. There has been three thousand students graduated from this university. I am sure that Qianshan will be more international in the near future.

Environment Protection

Nowadays, peoples life has changed a lot with the development of modern technology and economy, which has put lots of negative effects on the environment.

Why this? Because, firstly, some factories are pouring wastes into rivers, lakes, seas and so forth; secondly, because of human activities, agreat number of plants and animals are losing their lives; thirdly, using modern machines and chemicals is bad for the environment. Besides these, there are a lot of human activities which have done or are doing harm to our surroundings.

For this, I think, first, our government should make drastic measures to regulate human activities; second, we human beings should take pains-taking work to stop ourselves destroying the environment and try our best to protect our living space more.

[高一英语期末考试作文

导语：随着生活水平的提高，人们在吃得饱穿得暖的基础上会加强生命的锻炼，也就是延缓衰老，保持年轻，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的相关优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

Today, as the development of the medical, people can slow down their aging. As for the celebrities, they use the developed technology to keep young, seeing their unchangeable faces in the screen for so many years, the audience also want to imitate the celebrity, they believe that by using the developed technology, they can keep young all the time. While in my opinion, the way to keep young is to hold a young heart, some people look young outside, but in their hearts, they are old enough and refuse to keep pace with the time. While for another group, even they have wrinkles, they are curious about all the things and are willing to change. My grandpa is old, but he knows all the fashionable things, sometimes I have to ask him for the new things. The young heart is the way to keep young forever.

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今天，随着医疗的发展，人们能够延缓衰老。对于名人来讲，他们使用高科技来保持年轻，看到他们常年在屏幕上保持不变的容颜，观众也想要模仿名人，他们相信通过使用高科技就能一直保持年轻。然而在我看来，保持年轻的方法就是拥有一颗年轻的心，一些人表面看起来年轻，但是在他们的心里，他们足够的老，并且拒绝去与时俱进。对于另外一些人来讲，虽然他们有皱纹，但是他们对一切都保持好奇，并且愿意去改变。我的爷爷年纪大，但是他对一切时尚的东西都了如指掌，有时候我不得不问他关于新的事物。年轻的心是永葆青春的方法。

To be or nor to be, that is a question. To succeed or to fail? How to

succeed and how to achieve? These problems confuse many teenagers in

nowadays.

We all have dreams, and we all work hard to realize them. But there will

always be some problems and setbacks to stop the pace of advance. When they

appear, what should we do? To stop or to go on? Mrs. Curie told us the answer.

We all know that Mrs. Curie discovered radium, but how many people really know

how hard she worked? At that time, there were many people disapprove of Mrs.

Curie. Although she got over hundreds of difficulties, she still believed in

herself and never gave up. Finally, she succeeded to discover radium. She proved

that she was right by her continuous hard work and her strong spirit. We should

learn from Mrs. Curie. She told us the truth through her own experiences that

believe in yourself, you can do it! Never give up, face the difficulties with a

smile, someday, you will be proud of yourself.

The key to success is confidence. It makes you brave, helps you get over

the troubles, and brings motivation to you. For example, somebody always get

nervous when they have an important speech, if they are in a nervous mood, the

results are always terrible. But if they are confident to themselves, the

results turn out to be better. Therefore, be confident, believe in yourself,

keep smile in your face when comes to difficulties, and you will achieve

more.

As the development of computer, people count on computer so much, now most businesses are done online, trading online saves people a lot of time and it is very convenient. As more and more people choose to shop online, there comes the relative services, the most important one is express deliver. Many years ago, express deliver is not that popular, now it becomes the main tool for people to receive online products. Express deliver is very fast, the companies make the promise that the customers can get their products in three days. Many years ago, people can get their things in a week, now express deliver shorten the time. What’s more, the express deliver can deliver the products to the customers’ homes, people don’t have to go out, how convenient it is. I like to use express deliver, it facilitates my life and saves me a lot of time.

随着电脑的发展，人们很依赖电脑，现在大部分的生意都在网上成交，网上交易节省了人们很多时间，也很方便。随着越来越多的人选择网上购物，相应的服务应运而生，其中最重要的就是快递。很多年以前，快递并不是那么的受欢迎，现在它成为了人们接收网上产品的主要交通工具。快递很快速，公司承诺顾客可以在三天内收到他们的产品。很多年以前，人们能在一周内收到他们的产品，现在快递缩短了时间。而且，快递能把产品送到客人的家里，人们不用走出去，这是多么方便啊。我喜欢使用快递，它方便了我的生活，节省了时间。

Learning English

How to learn English well?Maybe a mass of students cannot get rid of it.When it comes to Learning English,remembering words is one of the most important things to do.But remembering words is not a good business,it can take much time to do.And when you remember them,you may forget after several days.If you want to remember them for a long time,you should do it by imagination.As you remember a word,you can make a sentence to describe it.Then it can leave in your mind for a long time,even forever.

Spoken English is also important.It can be improved by reading aloud.If you read frequently,your Spoken English cannot be much bad.

Believe in yourself,you can learn English well.

[高一英语作文练习素材

高一上学期英语作文篇1

Different people have different career outlooks. Some people want to become civil servants; some people hope to start their own business; some people dream of being freelancers, and so on.

不同的人有着不同的职业愿景。有的人想自己创业，有的人梦想成为自由职业者等等。

However, my ideal job is teaching. Firstly, I’m told that teachers have a high income. With the high income, I can open a training school to help the children in poor families with their education. Secondly, teachers always have summer and winter holidays, thus I will have more free time to relax myself. More importantly, teachers are angels to students, who can pass on the knowledge to students as well as help them develop their hobbies and interests. I can’t imagine how happy I will feel when I see my students become elites.

然而，我的理想是教书。首先，我被告知老师的工资很高。若有很高的工资，那我就能开个培训学校来帮助那些贫困家庭的孩子。第二，老师有着寒暑假两个长假期，如此我将有时间放松。更重要的是，对学生来说老师就是天使，传授孩子们知识帮助他们培养自己的兴趣爱好。我无法想象如果我的学生都成为人才，我会多么的开心。

In order to be a qualified teacher, I should read more books to acquire more knowledge, and train my patience and improve my communication and handwriting abilities.

为了成为一名合格的老师，我会读更多的知识从中汲取更多知识，锻炼自己的耐心，提高自己的交际能力并提高自己的书写水平。

高一上学期英语作文篇2

Every student is excited about the freshmen year, they are looking forward to seeing their classmates and will open the new chapter of their lives. While when the senior year comes, it means saying goodbye to their classmates and is it time to leave school. Freshmen year brings happiness and senior year brings sorrow, students don’t want to say goodbye to their classmates, after the long time’s acquaintance, classmates have built strong friendship, it is hard to say goodbye. In China, there is an old saying that all good things must come to an end, for every student, they will leave school and fight for each other’s future. Though senior year is a little sad, it is another turning point for the students, they some will find a job, some will study abroad, all of them are fighting for their future. Senior year in not the end, it is the beginning.

每个学生都会对入学季感到兴奋，他们期待看到新同学，即将展开新的生活篇章。然而当毕业季到来的时候，这意味着和同学说再见，是时候离开学校了。入学季带来了快乐，而毕业季带来了悲伤。学生不想要和同学说再见，经过长时间的认识，学生间已经建立了深厚的友谊，很难说再见。在中国，有一句方言“天下无不散之筵席”，对于每个学生来说，他们将要离开学校，为彼此的未来奋斗。虽然毕业季有点悲伤，但是确实另一个转折点，有些同学找工作，有些同学出国深造，他们都要为将来奋斗。毕业季不是终点，而是开始。

高一上学期英语作文篇3

In an era of information explosion, people can easily be distracted by irrelevant information. It is particularly well-known that a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.

在这个信息膨胀的时代，人们很容易受到不相干的信息的困扰，众所周知，过于丰富的信息反而导致注意力的缺失。

Admittedly, a consideration amount of information expands our horizon and gives us convenience. Just with a simple click, we can get a plenty of information from the Internet. We are so skilled at searching information online. Nevertheless, we seem at sea of information invariably when we open webpages for which the information is too abundant and much of them turn out to be useless. How can we avoid being lost in a wealth of information?

可以肯定的是，一定量的信息可以开阔我们的眼界，给予方便。只是简单地敲击按键，我们就能从网络上获得大量的信息。我们是如此的熟悉搜索网络信息。尽管如此，当我们打开网页浏览这大量的信息时候，我们好像处在信息大海之中，而这些内容很多都是无用的。我们如何才能不迷失在这海量的信息之中?

First of all, ensuring what information you want and make a list of them. Then you can save useful webpages which get you out of the time-consuming information. Last but not least, we should be self-control and never be attracted by the distracting information. As long as you follow those tips, you will get what you want efficiently.

首先，确定好你想要找的内容并做好清单。然后你可以保存好那些有用的网站，这样你就能摆脱不相干信息的干扰。最后同样重要的是，我们要自我控制，不被那些转移注意力的信息给吸引。只要做到这几点，你就能有效地找到你想要的信息。

Orginate in America in the Mothers Festival.May 9,1906, American

consumingcity Jia-Wei the mother misfortune of silk dies , her grief

extremely.AvoidJapan in annual mother death anniversary, Miss An Na organizes

catch up thecampaign of Sai mother, encourage other person to also express the

gratitude forown loving mother with similar way.

Hereafter, she convinces people everywhere and establishes the

MothersFestival to the appeal of all sectors of society and call.Her appeal gets

warmresponse.

Through draft resolution, on May 10,1913, American Senate and House

ofRepresentatives signs by president Wilson second that announces and decides

eachyears May for Sunday, is the Mothers Festival.

This measure arouses world countries, is imitated one after another,install

to 1948 Na pass away , 43 countries have established the MothersFestival.

Many animals are in danger of dying out. As is shown in the chart, we can

see the number of animal species decreases faster and faster and this trend will

continue. From 1980 to 2010, at least 1 million animal species have disappeared.

Worse still, more and more wild animals are in great danger. It is not a piece

of sensational news; it is a fact, a harsh reality. Unfortunately, we may not

see these animals in the near future.

From the second picture, we can find some reasons. Why is the number of

animal species declining year by year? Apparently animals have become victims of

fashion industry. Animal skin has been used to make fashionable clothes and

these clothes sell at a high price. So some greedy people begin to kill animals

in a large quantity. This irresponsible behavior not only breaks the balance of

nature but also endangers the living environment of human beings.

As far as I am concerned, something must be done to stop this illegal

action. We believe "no buying, no killing". First, we must make concerning laws

to protect these animals in danger. Second, we must take some measures to

protect animals effectively. Animals are our friends and part of our

environment. Third, we should raise peoples awareness to protect animals and

our environment. In this way, we can build a harmonious society and ensure a

sustainable development.

Today I found time was a cruel thing. Whatever man is, time always goes on. It won’t stay to wait for somebody. You can’t use anything to exchange time. Time is also a fair thing.

Although you have a lot of money or you enjoy high reputation, time won’t leave them more. Today I found I hadn’t enough time. Although I have 50-day holiday, but I found I had a lot of things to do. I had a lot of homework to do and I had something necessary to do.

Among all the sports, I like basketball most.

在所有运动中我最喜欢的篮球。

It is both an indoor and outdoor sport.

它既是室内运动也是户外运动。

People in everywhere like to play or watch this game.

到处的人们都喜欢玩或观看这个比赛。

I also like to watch people playing basketball on TV.

我也喜欢在电视上看人们打篮球。

I often play it with some friends after school, and sometimes we play it on Sunday afternoon.

放学后我经常和一些朋友打篮球，有时我们会在星期日下午打。

I am very good at basketball, but I am not the best player in my team.

我很擅长打篮球，但我却不是我的球队打得最好的球员。

Basketball can make me happy and healthy, and I really enjoy playing it.

篮球使我快乐，健康，我真的很喜欢打篮球。

[高一英语优秀的作文

The Spring Festival is very important to Chinese people. In the past，people could not often have meat，rice or other delicious food. They could only eat these during the Spring festival. So every year they hoped that the Spring Festival would come soon. Now， although people‘s life is much better，and we can eat the delicious foods everyday. People still like the festival. Because most people can have a long holiday，and we are free to go on a trip or visit our friends or have parties with our family. In the evenings，we can have a big meal in the restaurant or stay at home with family and watch the TV programs.

I like the Spring Festival very much. How wonderful the Spring Festival is！

Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human beings heart the lure of

wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of whats next and the joy of the game

of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station:

so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from

men and from the infinite, so long are you young.

An individual human existence should be like a river—small at first,

narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past boulders and

over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters

flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged

in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being.

Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of the

appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of

sixty more than a boy of twenty. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years.

We grow old by deserting our ideals.

Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.

if i were a boy again, i would practice perseverance more often, and never give up a thing because it was or inconvenient. if we want light, we must conquer darkness. perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. “there are only two creatures,” says a proverb, “who can surmount the pyramids—the eagle and the snail.”

if i were a boy again, i would school myself into a habit of attention; i would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand. i would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once.the habit of attention becomes part of our life, if we begin early enough. i often hear grown up people say “ i could not fix my attention on the sermon or book, although i wished to do so” , and the reason is, the habit was not formed in youth.

if i were to live my life over again, i would pay more attention to the cultivation of the memory. i would strengthen that faculty by every possible means, and on every possible occasion. it takes a little hard work at first to remember things accurately; but memory soon helps itself, and gives very little trouble. it only needs early cultivation to become a power.