Samuel Ullman Quotes

Germany, Poet
April 13, 1840 – March, 21, 1924.

Samuel Ullman was an American businessman, poet, humanitarian, and religious leader. He is best known today for his poem "Youth,"[1] which was a favorite of General Douglas MacArthur. The poem was on the wall of MacArthur's office in Tokyo when he became Supreme Allied Commander in Japan. In addition, MacArthur often quoted from the poem in his speeches, leading to it becoming better known in Japan than in the United States.

Also known as Businessman

Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Samuel Ullman
Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations.

Samuel Ullman

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

Samuel Ullman
- Fear
- Spirit
- Dust
You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear, as young as your hope, as old as your despair.

Samuel Ullman
- Faith
- Confidence
- Doubt
If youth only knew, if age only could.

Samuel Ullman
- Age
- Youth
- Knew
When the wires are all down and your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and only then, have you grown old.

Samuel Ullman
- Older
- Cynicism
- Pessimism
Youth is not a time of life - it is a state of mind.

Samuel Ullman
- Mind
- Youth
- State