Youth will be served.青春可贵须珍惜。
句中will也有写作must,意思是青年人必有机会达到自己的理想。还有一条同义的谚语:Youth will have its course.
十九世纪英国诗人兼小说家Charles Kingsley有诗曰:
When all the world is young, lad,
And all the trees are green;
And every goose a swan, lad;
And every lass a queen;
Then hey, for boot and horse, lad,
And round the world away;
Young blood must have its course, lad,
And every dog his day.
这诗歌颂青年们的无限前程以及整个世界的欣欣向荣。正如孔子所说“后生可畏”,“可畏”也就是“可爱”的意思。《荀子·劝学》篇中也说:“青,取之于蓝,而出于蓝。”“青出于蓝”(Green comes from blue but it excels blue — the younger generation outdoes the old generation.)就成为赞扬青年超越前辈的成语。