You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry. Don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.

Walter Hagen

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Topic

Letting go Living in the moment

Author

Walter Hagen

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Golfer Athlete

From

United States

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Citation

Hagen, Walter C. The Walter Hagen Story. Simon and Schuster, 1956.

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Another quote from the 1950s

God has pity on kindergarten children.
He has less pity on school children.
And on grownups he has no pity at all,
he leaves them alone,
and sometimes they must crawl on all fours
in the burning sand
to reach the first-aid station
covered with blood.

Yehuda Amichai

God Has Pity on Kindergarten Children

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Topic
War

Author

Yehuda Amichai
Source
God Has Pity on Kindergarten Children
Medium
Poem
Language
Hebrew
Time
1955 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Amichai, Yehuda. "God Has Pity on Kindergarten Children." Now and in Other Days. 1955.

Another quote of the following type Advice

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow will be dying.

Robert Herrick

More information about this quote
Topic
Living in the moment Youth Passage of time Time

Author

Robert Herrick
Source
To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1648 1640s 17th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Herrick, Robert. "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." Hesperides; or the Works both Human and Divine of Robert Herrick Esq. London: John Williams, 1648.

Current Citation

Herrick, Robert. "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." The Cavalier Poets: An Anthology, edited by Thomas Crofts. Dover Publications, 1995.