30 Quotes to Make You Think Differently About Aging
1. “The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.”
– Frank Lloyd Wright
2. “Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do.”
– Golda Meir
3. “Ageing is a privilege denied to many. Embrace it with gratitude.”
– Unknown
4. “The trick is to age honestly and gracefully and make it look great so that everyone looks forward to it.”
– Emma Thompson
5. “Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”
– Jack Benny
6. “Ageing is not for the faint of heart, but neither is life, at any age.”
– Elizabeth Andrew
7. “Ageing is not about how old you are but how you age gracefully.”
– Unknown
8. “Youth has no age.”
– Pablo Picasso
9. “The older you get, the stronger the wind gets, and it’s always in your face.”
– Pablo Picasso
10. “Ageing is not a time to fear but an opportunity to embrace the richness of life’s experiences.”
– Unknown
11. “Age is no guarantee of maturity.”
– Lawana Blackwell
12. “Ageing is not about wrinkles but about the wisdom that comes with them.”
– Unknown
13. “We don’t grow older, we grow riper.”
– Pablo Picasso
14. “Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”
– Satchel Paige
15. “You can’t help getting older, but you can help yourself from becoming old and redundant.”
– A. Bartlett Giamatti
16. “Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.”
– Christopher Morley
17. “Getting older makes you no wiser, but a number of lessons are learned.”
– Toba Beta
18. “Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.”
– Douglas MacArthur
19. “Don’t let aging get you down. It’s too hard to get back up.”
– John Wagner
20. “The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven’t changed in 70 or 80 years. Your body changes, but you don’t change at all.”
– Doris Lessing
21. “Age is an opportunity no less than youth itself.”
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
22. “Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.”
– Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
23. “The wrinkles on a woman’s face are the road map of her life. It shows where she’s been.”
– Michelle Hagedorn
24. “The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.”
– Madeleine L’Engle
25. “Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.”
– Confucius
26. “Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.”
– Jeanne Moreau
27. “We grow old when we stop playing. We grow old when we stop laughing. We grow old when we stop dreaming.”
– Unknown
28. “Aging is not about decline – it’s about growth. Aging is about how we live, not just how long we live.”
– Jerry Brown
29. “The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a company…a church…a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.”
30. “The old are the precious gem in the center of the household.”
– Chinese Proverb
