# Quote — Steven Pressfield, Last of the Amazons

> A youth loathes nothing more than his own callowness. Experience is his object. Experience, however ghastly, for the lad longs before all for the lined face and the chiseled squint of the vetern.

- Author: [Steven Pressfield](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pressfield.md)
- Book: [Last of the Amazons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pressfield/last-of-the-amazons.md)
- Page: 91
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Steven_Pressfield#Last_of_the_Amazons_(2002)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pressfield/last-of-the-amazons/a-youth-loathes

## More from this book

> Both men were aware of the imperative held by all warrior races to serve honor before survival.

p. 10 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pressfield/last-of-the-amazons/both-men-were.md)

> At Athens and Athens alone, a new stamp of person was being born, neither baron nor yeoman, but a man of the city. A citizen.

p. 87 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pressfield/last-of-the-amazons/at-athens-and.md)

> Bear your command with humility. Lead, do not condescend. Remember, these are great events and men will rise to them. Treat every man as a Soldier. He may surprise you and be one.

p. 210 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pressfield/last-of-the-amazons/bear-your-command.md)