The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Life presents significant challenges during the bulk of adulthood and middle age.
- In plain terms
- Most of life's difficulties happen between youth and old age.
- What can you take from it?
- Prepare for struggles as you mature.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes these years harder?
- How do you cope?
Another view
Not everyone finds these decades equally difficult.
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